AMD Radeon HD 7950 vs NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC

What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 7950 and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

TahitiGPU NameGK104
GCN 1.0ArchitectureKepler
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
4,313 millionTransistors3,540 million
352 mm²Die Size294 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 31st, 2012Release DateJan 25th, 2013
Southern Islands
(HD 7900)
FamilyQuadro
(Kx000)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
449 USDLaunch Price3,299 USD
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

3 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
384 bitMemory Bus256 bit
240.0 GB/sBandwidth172.8 GB/s

Performance

25.60 GPixel/sPixel fillrate22.59 GPixel/s
89.60 GTexel/sTexture fillrate90.37 GTexel/s
2.867 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.169 TFLOPS
716.8 GFLOPS (1:4)FP64 (double) performance90.37 GFLOPS (1:24)

Clock Speeds

1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1350 MHz
5.4 Gbps effective
800 MHzGPU Clock706 MHz

Render Config

1792Shading Units1536
112TMUs128
32ROPs32
16 KB (per CU)L1 Cache16 KB (per SMX)
768 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthTriple-slot
278 mm
10.9 inches
Length267 mm
10.5 inches
111 mm
4.4 inches
Width111 mm
4.4 inches
200 WThermal design power (TDP)122 W
550 WSuggested PSU300 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors2x DVI
2x DisplayPort
1x SDI
2x 6-pinPower Connectors2x 6-pin

API support

12 (11_1)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
1.2OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
5.1Shader Model5.1