Quadro K5000M vs Radeon E8860

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K5000M and Radeon E8860. 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 K5000M and Radeon E8860. 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.

Quadro K5000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro K5000M 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 K5000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K5000M Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 37 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K5000M has 170% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • Quadro K5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon E8860 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K5000M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon E8860.
  • Quadro K5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon E8860 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K5000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K5000M is 131 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • Quadro K5000M and Radeon E8860 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon E8860 is 1500 MHz higher, than Quadro K5000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 7−8
ultra / 1080p 9−10 4−5
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 18−20
medium / 1080p 20−22 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon E8860.

Full Specs

  Quadro K5000M Radeon E8860
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name N14E-Q5 Venus
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 June 2012 25 January 2014
Pipelines 1344 640
Core clock speed 706 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 625 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 67.31 25.00
Floating-point performance 1,615 gflops 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
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 +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 51 Mh/s 48 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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