FirePro W8000 vs Quadro 5000

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W8000 and Quadro 5000. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W8000 and Quadro 5000. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro W8000 Quadro 5000
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 152 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2.5 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro W8000 has 48% more power consumption, than Quadro 5000.
  • FirePro W8000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro 5000 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W8000 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W8000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Quadro 5000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 387 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
  • FirePro W8000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 5000 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W8000 is 31 mm longer, than Quadro 5000.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W8000 is 2500 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 9−10
ultra / 1080p 10−11 5−6
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 35−40 21−24
medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W8000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 75% more, than Quadro 5000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W8000 Quadro 5000
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Tahiti GF100
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 14 June 2012 23 February 2011
Pipelines 1792 352
Core clock speed 900 MHz 513 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 22.57
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops 722.3 gflops
Length 279 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 176 GB/s 120.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 391 Mh/s 66 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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