Quadro 5000M vs Radeon HD 4890

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000M and Radeon HD 4890, 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 HD 4890, 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 HD 4890
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4890 has 90% more power consumption, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 4890 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5000M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • Quadro 5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4890 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4890 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 445 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4890 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 2700 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 7−8
ultra / 1080p 6−7 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 5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 44% more, than Radeon HD 4890.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon HD 4890
Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name Fermi RV790
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 July 2010 2 April 2009
Pipelines 320 800
Core clock speed 405 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 959 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 16.20 34.00
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 124.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
Laptop size large
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