AMD Radeon R7 M465 vs NVIDIA Quadro M5000M Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA Quadro M5000M has an average benchmark score of 6481, while the AMD Radeon R7 M465 scores 5841. The Quadro M5000M sits in the 37th percentile of all GPUs, whereas the Radeon R7 M465 sits in the 33rd percentile.

Q: How large is the gap in compute performance between the two?

A: In the single shared benchmark, Geekbench OpenCL, the Quadro M5000M scores 22920 versus 5841 for the Radeon R7 M465. That is a 292.4% advantage for the NVIDIA part, making it the clear winner in raw compute workloads.

Q: What memory configurations do these cards use?

A: The Quadro M5000M comes with 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 160.4 GB/s of bandwidth. The Radeon R7 M465 has 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 64-bit bus, providing 36.00 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has over four times the memory bandwidth.

Q: How do their pixel and texture rates compare?

A: The Quadro M5000M achieves 67.26 GPixel/s and 100.9 GTexel/s. The Radeon R7 M465 manages only 8.192 GPixel/s and 24.58 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA card is roughly 8.2 times faster in pixel throughput and about 4.1 times faster in texture throughput.

Q: Which GPU supports newer graphics APIs?

A: Both support DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6. However, the Quadro M5000M lists Vulkan 1.4, while the Radeon R7 M465 lists Vulkan 1.2.170. The NVIDIA part also supports DirectX 12_1 features, whereas the AMD part is limited to DirectX 12_0.

Q: What are the closest rivals for each card in the database?

A: The Quadro M5000M's nearest rival is the AMD Radeon Vega 10 Mobile, which scores 6476, just 0.1% behind. The Radeon R7 M465's closest competitor is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, which scores 5731, putting the AMD card 1.9% ahead.

Where Each One Wins

The data is unambiguous in this matchup. The Quadro M5000M wins the only head-to-head benchmark recorded, Geekbench OpenCL, by a margin of 292.4%. There are no benchmark categories where the Radeon R7 M465 comes out ahead.

For compute-heavy workloads such as OpenCL acceleration, rendering, or GPGPU tasks, the Quadro M5000M is in a completely different class. Its 3.229 TFLOPS of FP32 performance dwarfs the 786.4 GFLOPS of the Radeon R7 M465, making it roughly 4.1 times faster in raw floating-point throughput.

The Radeon R7 M465 does have one structural advantage: its 1:1 FP16 to FP32 ratio means it can process half-precision data at the same rate as full-precision, but this does not translate into any benchmark win in the recorded data. For gaming or general graphics loads, the Quadro M5000M's superior pixel rate, texture rate, and memory bandwidth dominate every measurable category.

Architecture Differences

The Quadro M5000M is built on NVIDIA's Maxwell 2.0 architecture using the GM204 chip. This is a large design fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC, containing 5,200 million transistors on a 398 mm² die. The transistor density is 13.1 million per square millimeter.

The Radeon R7 M465 uses AMD's GCN 3.0 architecture with the Topaz chip. It is also fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC, but the die is much smaller at 125 mm², housing 1,550 million transistors. The transistor density is 12.4 million per square millimeter, slightly lower than the NVIDIA part.

The Maxwell 2.0 architecture in the Quadro M5000M features 1,536 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 64 render output units. In contrast, the GCN 3.0 design in the Radeon R7 M465 has only 384 shading units, 24 TMUs, and 8 ROPs. The NVIDIA card has four times the shading units and ROPs, and four times the TMUs.

Both chips are manufactured by TSMC on the same node, but the GM204 is a substantially larger and more complex die. The Quadro M5000M belongs to the Quadro Maxwell-M generation, while the Radeon R7 M465 is part of the Gem System R7 M400 family. The NVIDIA part succeeds Quadro Kepler-M and is followed by Quadro Pascal-M, while the AMD part follows Solar System and precedes Polaris Mobile.

Specification Differences

The clock speeds differ significantly. The Quadro M5000M runs at a base clock of 962 MHz with a boost of 1051 MHz. The Radeon R7 M465 has a lower base clock of 730 MHz but a boost of 1024 MHz, so the boost gap is smaller than the base gap.

Memory specifications are drastically different. The Quadro M5000M uses 8 GB of GDDR5 at 1253 MHz (5 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, yielding 160.4 GB/s. The Radeon R7 M465 uses 2 GB of GDDR5 at 1125 MHz (4.5 Gbps effective) across a 64-bit bus, yielding only 36.00 GB/s. That is a 4.45 times difference in bandwidth.

The power envelope also differs. The Quadro M5000M has a TDP of 100 W and uses an MXM Module slot with no power connectors. The Radeon R7 M465 has no recorded TDP, slot width, or power connector data, though it connects via PCIe 3.0 x8. The NVIDIA card uses an MXM-B (3.0) bus interface.

Compute rates show similar disparity. The Quadro M5000M delivers 3.229 TFLOPS FP32, 67.26 GPixel/s pixel rate, and 100.9 GTexel/s texture rate. The Radeon R7 M465 delivers 786.4 GFLOPS FP32, 8.192 GPixel/s, and 24.58 GTexel/s. The Radeon also supports FP16 at 786.4 GFLOPS, while the Quadro has no recorded FP16 capability.

API support differs in version levels. Both cards support DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, but the Quadro M5000M supports DirectX 12_1 and Vulkan 1.4, while the Radeon R7 M465 supports DirectX 12_0 and Vulkan 1.2.170.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records one shared benchmark between these two GPUs: Geekbench OpenCL. In this test, the Quadro M5000M scores 22920, while the Radeon R7 M465 scores 5841. The delta is 292.4%, meaning the NVIDIA card is nearly three times faster in this compute workload.

This result is consistent with the underlying specifications. The Quadro M5000M has 1,536 shading units versus 384, a 256-bit memory bus versus 64-bit, and 160.4 GB/s bandwidth versus 36.00 GB/s. Each of these factors contributes to the massive OpenCL gap.

Looking at the nearest rivals provides context. The Quadro M5000M's average score of 6481 places it just 0.1% behind the AMD Radeon Vega 10 Mobile (6476) and 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (6493). It trails the GeForce GTX 670M by 0.5% and the Intel UHD Graphics P750 by 1.1%. This means the Quadro M5000M performs in a tightly clustered range around its peers, despite its large OpenCL advantage over the Radeon.

The Radeon R7 M465, with an average score of 5841, sits 0.3% behind the AMD Radeon R5 M435 (5859) and 1.5% behind the Intel UHD Graphics 730 (5929). It is 1.9% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (5731) and 1.9% behind the AMD Radeon HD 8730M (5955). This places the Radeon in a lower performance tier than the Quadro, with a gap of about 640 points in average score.

The Verdict

The Quadro M5000M is the clear winner in every recorded metric. Its average benchmark score is 6481 versus 5841 for the Radeon R7 M465, a difference of roughly 11%. In the only shared test, Geekbench OpenCL, it leads by 292.4%.

The specification sheet tells the same story. The Quadro M5000M offers four times the shading units, four times the ROPs, four times the TMUs, four times the memory capacity, and more than four times the memory bandwidth. Its FP32 compute rate of 3.229 TFLOPS is over four times the 786.4 GFLOPS of the Radeon.

For users selecting a mobile workstation GPU, the Quadro M5000M is the obvious choice if compute performance, memory bandwidth, and large framebuffer capacity are priorities. Its 8 GB memory buffer supports larger datasets and textures than the 2 GB on the Radeon. Its 160.4 GB/s bandwidth allows faster data movement for rendering and compute tasks.

The Radeon R7 M465 does have a lower power profile, though no TDP is recorded for it. It also supports FP16 at the same rate as FP32, which could be relevant for workloads that use half precision. However, no benchmark in the database demonstrates any advantage from these features.

The Quadro M5000M also has more modern API support with Vulkan 1.4 and DirectX 12_1. The Radeon R7 M465 is limited to Vulkan 1.2.170 and DirectX 12_0. For forward-looking applications that use newer API features, the NVIDIA card is better prepared.

In terms of market positioning, the Quadro M5000M's nearest rivals are all within 1.1% of its average score, showing it is a competitive mid-tier mobile GPU from its era. The Radeon R7 M465's rivals are similarly close to its score, but the entire cluster sits roughly 600 points lower in the database's performance hierarchy.

The verdict is straightforward: choose the Quadro M5000M for any workload that benefits from higher compute throughput, larger memory, or wider memory bandwidth. The Radeon R7 M465 is only preferable if the system requires a smaller, lower-power chip with minimal footprint, but the recorded data shows no performance scenario where it wins.