Quadro K5000 vs Radeon HD 7990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K5000 and Radeon HD 7990. 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 Quadro K5000 and Radeon HD 7990. 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

  Quadro K5000 Radeon HD 7990
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 207% more power consumption, than Quadro K5000.
  • Quadro K5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7990 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K5000 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7990.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K5000 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7990 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 244 MHz higher, than Quadro K5000.
  • Quadro K5000 and Radeon HD 7990 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7990 is 40 mm longer, than Quadro K5000.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 600 MHz higher, than Quadro K5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 35−40
ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
QHD / 1440p 6−7 16−18
4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 24−27 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than Quadro K5000.

Full Specs

  Quadro K5000 Radeon HD 7990
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Malta
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 17 August 2012 24 April 2013
Pipelines 1536 2048
Core clock speed 706 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 90.37 128.0
Floating-point performance 2,169 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Length 267 mm 307 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 172.8 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 111 Mh/s 459 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.2 Mh/s 44 Mh/s
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