Quadro M5000 vs Radeon RX 470 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M5000 and Radeon RX 470 mobile. 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 M5000 and Radeon RX 470 mobile. 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.

Radeon RX 470 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 470 mobile 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 Radeon RX 470 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M5000 Radeon RX 470 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Memory type 256 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro M5000 has 76% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 470 mobile.
  • Quadro M5000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 470 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro M5000 and Radeon RX 470 mobile have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
  • Quadro M5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 470 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M5000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 470 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 470 mobile is 65 MHz higher, than Quadro M5000.
  • Quadro M5000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 470 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 470 mobile is 388 MHz higher, than Quadro M5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 45−50 35−40
ultra / 1080p 30−35 21−24
QHD / 1440p 24−27 16−18
4K / 2160p 14−16 10−11
low / 720p 70−75 60−65
medium / 1080p 55−60 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 28% more, than Radeon RX 470 mobile.

Full Specs

  Quadro M5000 Radeon RX 470 mobile
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Polaris
Code name GM204 Polaris 10 Pro
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 29 June 2015 4 August 2016
Pipelines 2048 2048
Core clock speed 861 MHz 926 MHz
Boost Clock 1038 MHz 1206 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 132.9 137.5
Floating-point performance 4,252 gflops 4,399 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
SLI options +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 511 Mh/s
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 2" (5.1 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync
ECC (Error Correcting Code) +
High-Performance Video I/O6 +
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