Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Quadro P5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P5000 with Radeon RX 7900 XTX, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P5000
2016
16 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
32.66

RX 7900 XTX outperforms P5000 by a whopping 147% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1668
Place by popularitynot in top-10070
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.3934.71
Power efficiency12.4415.57
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP104Navi 31
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 October 2016 (8 years ago)3 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 $999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XTX has 443% better value for money than Quadro P5000.

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 cores20486144
Core clock speed1607 MHz1929 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz2498 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt355 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3959.2
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS61.39 TFLOPS
ROPs64192
TMUs160384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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 mm287 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1127 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s960.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+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
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro P5000 32.66
RX 7900 XTX 80.62
+147%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro P5000 12583
RX 7900 XTX 31064
+147%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Quadro P5000 52761
RX 7900 XTX 211498
+301%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Quadro P5000 56332
RX 7900 XTX 193018
+243%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD95
−165%
252
+165%
1440p65−70
−163%
171
+163%
4K39
−169%
105
+169%

Cost per frame, $

1080p26.313.96
1440p38.455.84
4K64.089.51

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
−340%
242
+340%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−137%
166
+137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−405%
283
+405%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−132%
240−250
+132%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−81.8%
120−130
+81.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
−320%
231
+320%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−63.9%
110−120
+63.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
−145%
200−210
+145%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−45.9%
250−260
+45.9%
Hitman 3 65−70
−89.7%
120−130
+89.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−102%
280−290
+102%
Metro Exodus 100−110
−43.5%
150−160
+43.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
−55%
120−130
+55%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−207%
350−400
+207%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−30.5%
150−160
+30.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−371%
330
+371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−330%
241
+330%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−132%
240−250
+132%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−81.8%
120−130
+81.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
−278%
208
+278%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−63.9%
110−120
+63.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
−145%
200−210
+145%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−45.9%
250−260
+45.9%
Hitman 3 65−70
−89.7%
120−130
+89.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−102%
280−290
+102%
Metro Exodus 100−110
−43.5%
150−160
+43.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
−55%
120−130
+55%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−369%
535
+369%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
−160%
170−180
+160%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−30.5%
150−160
+30.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−91.4%
134
+91.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−275%
210
+275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
−81.8%
120−130
+81.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
−262%
199
+262%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−63.9%
110−120
+63.9%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−71.5%
295
+71.5%
Hitman 3 65−70
−89.7%
120−130
+89.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−188%
406
+188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−313%
471
+313%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 53
−462%
298
+462%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
−33.9%
158
+33.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
−55%
120−130
+55%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
−172%
160−170
+172%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−129%
110−120
+129%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−288%
132
+288%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−403%
171
+403%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−116%
80−85
+116%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−513%
141
+513%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−127%
80−85
+127%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−45.7%
270−280
+45.7%
Hitman 3 40−45
−195%
110−120
+195%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
−375%
328
+375%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−139%
146
+139%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80
−380%
360
+380%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−441%
238
+441%
Watch Dogs: Legion 170−180
−41.2%
240−250
+41.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−125%
120−130
+125%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
−175%
85−90
+175%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−165%
65−70
+165%
Hitman 3 24−27
−181%
70−75
+181%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−42.1%
220−230
+42.1%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−249%
130−140
+249%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 36
−406%
182
+406%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−424%
110
+424%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
−463%
107
+463%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−160%
50−55
+160%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−689%
71
+689%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−178%
50−55
+178%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−416%
227
+416%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−369%
197
+369%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−587%
103
+587%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−239%
95−100
+239%

This is how Quadro P5000 and RX 7900 XTX compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XTX is 165% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XTX is 163% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XTX is 169% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 XTX is 689% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7900 XTX surpassed Quadro P5000 in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.66 80.62
Recency 1 October 2016 3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 355 Watt

Quadro P5000 has 255% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 XTX, on the other hand, has a 146.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P5000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P5000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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