Quadro 5000M vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000M and Radeon R9 380, 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 5000M stacks up against Radeon R9 380, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 5000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 5000M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro 5000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 90% more power consumption, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • Quadro 5000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 5000M is 230 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 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 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 215% more, than Quadro 5000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon R9 380
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name Fermi Tonga Pro
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 July 2010 26 June 2015
Pipelines 320 1792
Core clock speed 405 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 16.20 108.6
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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