Quadro 5000 vs Radeon R9 280X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000 and Radeon R9 280X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro 5000 stacks up against Radeon R9 280X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R9 280X
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280X has 64% more power consumption, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 280X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 280X has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 280X - with GCN.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 280X is 27 mm longer, than Quadro 5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Quadro 5000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R9 280X
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF100 Thaiti XTL
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 February 2011 8 October 2013
Pipelines 352 2048
Core clock speed 513 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 128.0
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 4,096 gflops
Length 248 mm 275 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 288 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 2.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.5 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 494 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 1.07 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.42 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 285 Sol/s
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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