AMD Radeon R7 260X
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
AMD Radeon R7 260X
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K5000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro K5000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

360
Place in performance rating
305
26.29
Value for money (0-100)
11.66
GCN 2.0
Architecture
Kepler
Bonaire
Code name
GK104
Desktop
Type
Workstation
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
17 August 2012 (9 years ago)
$139
Launch price (MSRP)
$2,499
$168 (1.2x MSRP)
Price now
$1046 (0.4x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
5.21
Value for money
1.71
Bonaire
GPU code name
GK104
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

896
Pipelines
1536
no data
Core clock speed
706 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,080 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
115 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
122 Watt
61.60
Texture fill rate
90.37
1,971 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,169 gflops
896
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,080 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
115 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
122 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro K5000.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
170 mm
Length
267 mm
1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
5400 MHz
104 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
172.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro K5000, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro K5000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+
6.3
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R7 260X or NVIDIA Quadro K5000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260X
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260X
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260X
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260X
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260X
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260X

Cheaper ($168 (1.2x MSRP) vs $1046 (0.4x MSRP))

Less power consumption (115 Watt vs 122 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K5000

4.1% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 896)

More memory bandwidth (172.8 GB/s vs 104 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R7 260X or NVIDIA Quadro K5000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro K5000 .

AMD Radeon R7 260X versus NVIDIA Quadro K5000 performance benchmarks comparison

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