Quadro 5000 vs Radeon R9 M270X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000 and Radeon R9 M270X, 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 M270X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R9 M270X
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M270X has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M270X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M270X is 212 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M270X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 5000 is 1875 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 6−7
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 16−18
medium / 1080p 12−14 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R9 M270X
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF100 Venus
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 February 2011 21 March 2014
Pipelines 352 640
Core clock speed 513 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 31.00
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
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