Quadro 5000 vs Radeon R9 M390X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000 and Radeon R9 M390X, 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 5000 stacks up against Radeon R9 M390X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M390X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M390X 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 R9 M390X here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R9 M390X
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000 has 52% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 M390X.
  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M390X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M390X has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M390X - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M390X - with GCN 3.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M390X is 210 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M390X - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 21−24
ultra / 1080p 5−6 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 8−9
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 21−24 40−45
medium / 1080p 12−14 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M390X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Quadro 5000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon R9 M390X
Architecture Fermi GCN 3
Code name GF100 Amethyst (XT) / Tonga
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 February 2011 9 June 2015
Pipelines 352 2048
Core clock speed 513 MHz 723 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 92.54
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 2,961 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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