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NVIDIA Quadro M5000

Graphics Processor
GM204
Cores
2048
TMUs
128
ROPs
64
Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
GPU Chip
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The Quadro M5000 was a professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on June 29th, 2015. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GM204 graphics processor, in its GM204-875-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. The GM204 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 398 mm² and 5,200 million transistors. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 8 GB GDDR5 memory with the Quadro M5000, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 861 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1038 MHz, memory is running at 1653 MHz (6.6 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 150 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort 1.2. Quadro M5000 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 267 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a dual-slot cooling solution.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GM204
GPU Variant
GM204-875-A1
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
5,200 million
Density
13.1M / mm²
Die Size
398 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-1745

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jun 29th, 2015
Generation
Quadro Maxwell
(Mx000)
Predecessor
Quadro Kepler
Successor
Quadro Pascal
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
1024%
GeForce RTX 4090
781%
GeForce RTX 5080
675%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
602%
GeForce RTX 4080
597%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
597%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
588%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
562%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
514%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
505%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
504%
Radeon RX 9070
504%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
461%
GeForce RTX 5070
457%
GeForce RTX 3090
450%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
444%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
430%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
423%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
416%
GeForce RTX 4070
411%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
407%
GeForce RTX 3080
400%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
399%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
385%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
357%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
355%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
350%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
339%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
338%
Radeon RX 6800
327%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
325%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
320%
GeForce RTX 3070
317%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
314%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
313%
GeForce RTX 5060
308%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
277%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
272%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
253%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
251%
GeForce RTX 4060
250%
Arc B580
250%
GeForce RTX 5050
243%
GeForce RTX 2080
241%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
236%
Radeon RX 7600
236%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
224%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
222%
Arc A770
222%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
214%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
211%
Radeon VII
210%
Arc A750
206%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
201%
GeForce RTX 2070
198%
Radeon RX 6600
189%
Arc A580
184%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
184%
Radeon RX Vega 64
176%
GeForce RTX 2060
170%
Radeon RX 5700
169%
GeForce GTX 1080
166%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
163%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
162%
Radeon RX Vega 56
153%
GeForce GTX 1070
148%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
140%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
140%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
133%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
132%
Radeon R9 FURY X
130%
GeForce GTX 1660
129%
Radeon RX 590
122%
Radeon R9 FURY
119%
GeForce GTX 980
117%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
116%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
115%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
114%
Radeon RX 580
113%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
110%
Radeon R9 390X
108%
GeForce GTX 690
107%
Radeon RX 480
106%
Radeon HD 7990
106%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
104%
GeForce GTX 970
101%
Radeon R9 290X
101%
Quadro M5000
100%
Radeon R9 390
99%
Radeon RX 570
98%
Radeon R9 290
93%
Radeon RX 470
92%
GeForce GTX 1650
86%
Radeon RX 6400
84%
Arc A380
83%
GeForce GTX 780
83%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
75%
GeForce GTX 590
75%
Radeon R9 280X
74%
Radeon HD 6990
72%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
69%
GeForce GTX 680
67%
Radeon R9 380
67%
Radeon HD 7970
67%
GeForce GTX 770
66%
Radeon R9 285
66%
GeForce GTX 960
64%
GeForce GTX 670
62%
Radeon HD 5970
56%
GeForce GTX 1630
56%
Radeon HD 7950
55%
GeForce GTX 1050
55%
GeForce GTX 760
55%
GeForce GTX 580
55%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
54%
Radeon R9 270X
54%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
52%
GeForce GTX 950
52%
Radeon RX 560
49%
GeForce GTX 570
48%
GeForce GTX 660
48%
Radeon RX 460
48%
Radeon R7 370
48%
Radeon HD 6970
46%
GeForce GTX 480
44%
Radeon HD 7850
43%
GeForce GTX 295
43%
Radeon HD 6950
41%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
41%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
40%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
40%
Radeon HD 5870
39%
Radeon HD 6870
36%
GeForce GTX 470
35%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
34%
Radeon HD 5850
33%
GeForce GTX 285
31%
Radeon HD 6850
30%
GeForce GTX 280
28%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
28%
GeForce GTX 275
28%
GeForce GT 1030
28%
GeForce GTX 460
27%
Radeon HD 4890
26%
Radeon HD 6790
26%
Radeon HD 5830
25%
GeForce GTX 650
23%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
23%
Radeon HD 4870
23%
GeForce GTX 260
23%
Radeon HD 5770
22%
Radeon HD 7750
22%
Radeon HD 5750
19%
GeForce GTS 450
19%
GeForce GTS 250
18%
Radeon HD 4850
18%
Radeon HD 4770
17%
Radeon HD 4830
16%
Radeon HD 6670
15%
GeForce 9800 GT
15%
GeForce GT 640
14%
Radeon HD 5670
13%
GeForce 9600 GT
12%
GeForce GT 240
11%
GeForce GT 440
11%
Radeon HD 4670
10%
Radeon HD 5570
9%
GeForce GT 430
9%
GeForce GT 220
7%
GeForce GT 520
6%
Radeon HD 6450
5%
Radeon HD 5450
5%
Radeon HD 4550
4%
GeForce 9400 GT
3%
GeForce 210
2%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
861 MHz
Boost Clock
1038 MHz
Memory Clock
1653 MHz
6.6 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
211.6 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
2048
TMUs
128
ROPs
64
SMM Count
16
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
2 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
66.43 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
132.9 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
4.252 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
132.9 GFLOPS (1:32)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
267 mm
10.5 inches
Width
111 mm
4.4 inches
TDP
150 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
Outputs
1x DVI
4x DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Board Number
PG400 SKU 500

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
5.2
Shader Model
6.8

GM204 GPU Notes

NVENC: 5th Gen
NVDEC: 1st Gen
PureVideo HD: VP6
VDPAU: Feature Set E

Latest Drivers:
Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 365.19
Quadro Release R346 U7 (348.40) / R352 BETA (352.86)

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / 474.89
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R440 U4 (441.66)
Data Center Release 427.11

Windows 10 / 11 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / Latest
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / Latest
Data Center Release: Latest
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