Quadro 5000 vs Radeon HD 7950

In this comparison between Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 7950 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro 5000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 7950 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 31% more power consumption, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7950 is 19 mm longer, than Quadro 5000.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 5000 is 1750 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Quadro 5000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF100 Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 February 2011 31 January 2012
Pipelines 352 1792
Core clock speed 513 MHz
Boost Clock 1250 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 89.60
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 248 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
AppAcceleration +
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