Quadro K5000M vs Radeon HD 6790

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K5000M and Radeon HD 6790. 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 HD 6790. 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 HD 6790
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6790 has 50% more power consumption, than Quadro K5000M.
  • Quadro K5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6790 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K5000M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Quadro K5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6790 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K5000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6790 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6790 is 134 MHz higher, than Quadro K5000M.
  • Quadro K5000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6790 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K5000M is 1950 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6790.

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 HD 6790.

Full Specs

  Quadro K5000M Radeon HD 6790
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name N14E-Q5 Barts
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 June 2012 4 April 2011
Pipelines 1344 800
Core clock speed 706 MHz 840 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 67.31 33.60
Floating-point performance 1,615 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 51 Mh/s 122 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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