Quadro 5000 vs Radeon RX 640

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000 and Radeon RX 640, 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 RX 640, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 640 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 640 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 RX 640 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon RX 640
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
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 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro 5000 has 204% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 640.
  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 640 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 640 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 640 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon RX 640 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 640 is 705 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 640 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 640 is 3000 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 5−6
ultra / 1080p 5−6 3−4
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 21−24 16−18
medium / 1080p 12−14 7−8
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon RX 640.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon RX 640
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name GF100 Polaris 12
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 February 2011 12 August 2019
Pipelines 352 640
Core clock speed 513 MHz 1218 MHz
Boost Clock 1218 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 38.98
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.0
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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