RTX A2000 Max-Q vs Quadro M5000

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking226not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.03no data
Power efficiency11.25no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM204GA106
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date29 June 2015 (9 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,856.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20482560
Core clock speed861 MHz682 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1207 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate132.996.56
Floating-point processing power4.252 TFLOPS6.18 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs12880
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2" (5.1 cm)no data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type256 BitGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 211 GB/s176.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Syncno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

ECC (Error Correcting Code)+no data
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.28.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2015 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 95 Watt

Quadro M5000 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A2000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 57.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M5000 and RTX A2000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M5000 is a workstation card while RTX A2000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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