Radeon PRO W7900 vs Quadro RTX 5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 5000 and Radeon PRO W7900, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 5000
2018
16 GB GDDR6, 230 Watt
41.46

PRO W7900 outperforms RTX 5000 by an impressive 83% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9813
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.3316.79
Power efficiency12.3617.61
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU104Navi 31
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,299 $3,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

PRO W7900 has 17% better value for money than RTX 5000.

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 cores30726144
Core clock speed1620 MHz1855 MHz
Boost clock speed1815 MHz2495 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt295 Watt
Texture fill rate348.5958.1
Floating-point processing power11.15 TFLOPS61.32 TFLOPS
ROPs64192
TMUs192384
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores4896

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 mm280 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s864.0 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.5-

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.

RTX 5000 41.46
PRO W7900 75.79
+82.8%

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.

RTX 5000 15975
PRO W7900 29204
+82.8%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.46 75.79
Recency 13 August 2018 13 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 295 Watt

RTX 5000 has 28.3% lower power consumption.

PRO W7900, on the other hand, has a 82.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon PRO W7900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro RTX 5000 in performance tests.


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