Quadro 5000M vs Radeon R9 M375X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000M and Radeon R9 M375X, 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 R9 M375X, 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 R9 M375X
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 M375X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M375X has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 M375X - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M375X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M375X is 520 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M375X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 5000M is 75 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M375X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 9−10
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 21−24
medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 8% more, than Radeon R9 M375X.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon R9 M375X
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name Fermi Tropo
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 July 2010 5 May 2015
Pipelines 320 640
Core clock speed 405 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 1015 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 16.20 40.60
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 1,299 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
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