NVIDIA Quadro M5000 vs NVIDIA TITAN V Comparison

FAQ

Q: How do the two GPUs compare in the database's overall average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA TITAN V records an average benchmark score of 34355, while the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 scores 31206. The TITAN V leads by roughly 10% in this aggregate metric.

Q: Which GPU has a higher percentile rank among all GPUs in the database?

A: The TITAN V sits at the 79th percentile, while the Quadro M5000 is at the 76th percentile. Both are above the median, but the TITAN V places slightly higher in the overall distribution.

Q: What are the closest rivals to the TITAN V in the database?

A: The nearest rivals to the TITAN V are the NVIDIA RTX A1000 (average score 34207, 0.4% lower), the AMD Radeon HD 7970 (34541, 0.5% higher), the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB (34154, 0.6% lower), and the NVIDIA T1000 8 GB (34561, 0.6% higher). The TITAN V sits in a tight cluster where all four rivals are within 0.6% of its score.

Q: Which GPU appears in more benchmark tests in the database?

A: The TITAN V has results across ten benchmark tests, covering 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan, and multiple Passmark tests (DirectX 9, 10, 11, 12, G2D, G3D, and GPU compute). The Quadro M5000 only has two recorded results: Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan.

Q: In the head-to-head tests, how large is the TITAN V's margin of victory?

A: In Geekbench OpenCL, the TITAN V scores 157265 versus 29481 for the Quadro M5000, a 433.4% difference. In Geekbench Vulkan, the TITAN V scores 152117 versus 32931, a 361.9% difference. The TITAN V wins both head-to-head tests.

Q: What are the closest rivals to the Quadro M5000 in the database?

A: The nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q (average score 31220, 0% difference), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER (31087, 0.4% lower), the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (31532, 1% higher), and the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (31676, 1.5% higher). The Quadro M5000's score is nearly identical to the GRID M60-1Q.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs represent entirely different architectural generations from NVIDIA. The TITAN V is built on the Volta architecture with the GV100 chip, fabricated on a 12 nm process at TSMC. The Quadro M5000 uses the Maxwell 2.0 architecture with the GM204 chip, fabricated on a 28 nm process, also at TSMC. This process difference is substantial: the TITAN V packs 21,100 million transistors onto an 815 mm² die, while the Quadro M5000 contains 5,200 million transistors on a 398 mm² die. The resulting transistor density tells the story: the TITAN V achieves 25.9M transistors per mm², nearly double the Quadro M5000's 13.1M per mm².

Memory technology also diverges sharply. The TITAN V uses 12 GB of HBM2 memory on a 3072-bit bus, delivering 651.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The Quadro M5000 uses 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 211.6 GB/s. The bandwidth gap is a direct consequence of the memory architecture: HBM2 offers a much wider interface compared to traditional GDDR5.

The compute resources differ by a factor of roughly 2.5 in shading units. The TITAN V has 5,120 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units. The Quadro M5000 has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. Additionally, the TITAN V includes 640 tensor cores, a feature entirely absent from the Quadro M5000, which has no tensor cores at all.

Clock speeds show the TITAN V operating at a higher frequency envelope: 1200 MHz base and 1455 MHz boost, versus 861 MHz base and 1038 MHz boost for the Quadro M5000. The memory clocks also differ, with the TITAN V running at 848 MHz (1696 Mbps effective) and the Quadro M5000 at 1653 MHz (6.6 Gbps effective), though the effective bandwidth advantage still belongs to the TITAN V due to the HBM2 bus width.

The API support is identical for both: DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. However, the TITAN V supports FP16 at 29.80 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), while the Quadro M5000 has no recorded FP16 capability. The FP32 figures are 14.90 TFLOPS for the TITAN V and 4.252 TFLOPS for the Quadro M5000.

Power requirements also differ: the TITAN V has a 250 W TDP with a 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin power connector setup and a suggested PSU of 600 W. The Quadro M5000 has a 150 W TDP with a single 6-pin connector and a suggested PSU of 450 W.

Display outputs reflect their respective eras: the TITAN V provides 1x HDMI 2.0 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the Quadro M5000 offers 1x DVI and 4x DisplayPort 1.2.

The Verdict

The data points to a decisive performance advantage for the NVIDIA TITAN V in the recorded benchmarks. The head-to-head results are unambiguous: the TITAN V wins both tests, with margins of 433.4% in Geekbench OpenCL and 361.9% in Geekbench Vulkan. Those are not incremental differences; they represent a fundamentally higher level of compute throughput.

The TITAN V's average benchmark score of 34355 places it in the 79th percentile, and its nearest rivals are all within 0.6% of its score. This suggests the TITAN V is competitive with modern workstation GPUs like the RTX A2000 12 GB and RTX A1000, despite being an older product. The Quadro M5000, with an average score of 31206, sits at the 76th percentile and is closely matched with the GRID M60-1Q and the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER (within 0.4%).

Who should pick the TITAN V? The recorded data shows it excels in compute-heavy workloads, particularly those leveraging OpenCL and Vulkan. The 640 tensor cores and FP16 support at 29.80 TFLOPS make it suited for workloads that can use these features. The 12 GB HBM2 memory with 651.3 GB/s bandwidth provides a substantial memory bandwidth advantage over the Quadro M5000's 211.6 GB/s.

Who should pick the Quadro M5000? The data shows it has a lower TDP at 150 W, a single 6-pin power connector, and a 450 W suggested PSU. For systems with power constraints, this is a meaningful difference. The Quadro M5000 also offers 4x DisplayPort 1.2 outputs plus DVI, which may suit multi-display configurations that do not require DisplayPort 1.4a. However, in raw compute performance, the recorded benchmarks show no scenario where the Quadro M5000 outperforms the TITAN V.

The practical guidance from the data is straightforward: the TITAN V is the stronger compute performer by a wide margin, while the Quadro M5000 is the lower-power option with a different display output set. The choice between them depends on whether raw compute throughput or lower system power draw is the priority.

Specification Differences

The following specifications differ between the two GPUs:

• Chip: GV100 (TITAN V) versus GM204 (Quadro M5000)
• Architecture: Volta versus Maxwell 2.0
• Generation: GeForce 10 versus Quadro Maxwell (Mx000)
• Process Node: 12 nm versus 28 nm
• Transistors: 21,100 million versus 5,200 million
• Die Size: 815 mm² versus 398 mm²
• Transistor Density: 25.9M / mm² versus 13.1M / mm²
• Base Clock: 1200 MHz versus 861 MHz
• Boost Clock: 1455 MHz versus 1038 MHz
• Memory Clock: 848 MHz (1696 Mbps effective) versus 1653 MHz (6.6 Gbps effective)
• Memory Size: 12 GB versus 8 GB
• Memory Type: HBM2 versus GDDR5
• Memory Bus Width: 3072 bit versus 256 bit
• Memory Bandwidth: 651.3 GB/s versus 211.6 GB/s
• Shading Units: 5120 versus 2048
• TMUs: 320 versus 128
• ROPs: 96 versus 64
• Tensor Cores: 640 versus none
• Pixel Rate: 139.7 GPixel/s versus 66.43 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate: 465.6 GTexel/s versus 132.9 GTexel/s
• FP32: 14.90 TFLOPS versus 4.252 TFLOPS
• FP16: 29.80 TFLOPS (2:1) versus not available
• TDP: 250 W versus 150 W
• Power Connectors: 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin versus 1x 6-pin
• Suggested PSU: 600 W versus 450 W
• Display Outputs: 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a versus 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort 1.2
• Release Date: 2017-12-06 versus 2015-06-28

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two head-to-head benchmark comparisons between these GPUs, and the TITAN V wins both with overwhelming margins.

Geekbench OpenCL: The TITAN V scores 157265, while the Quadro M5000 scores 29481. This is a 433.4% difference in favor of the TITAN V. To put this in perspective, the TITAN V's OpenCL score is more than five times that of the Quadro M5000. This test measures general-purpose compute performance across a range of workloads, and the result reflects the combined advantages of the TITAN V: more shading units (5120 versus 2048), higher clocks (1455 MHz boost versus 1038 MHz), and significantly more memory bandwidth (651.3 GB/s versus 211.6 GB/s).

Geekbench Vulkan: The TITAN V scores 152117, while the Quadro M5000 scores 32931. This is a 361.9% difference. The TITAN V's Vulkan score is over 4.6 times that of the Quadro M5000. Vulkan is a low-level graphics and compute API, and the TITAN V's Volta architecture with its tensor cores and higher compute throughput contributes to this large lead.

Beyond the head-to-head tests, the TITAN V has additional benchmark data that the Quadro M5000 lacks. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the TITAN V scores 3565. In Passmark tests, it records 153 for DirectX 10, 152 for DirectX 11, 81 for DirectX 12, 213 for DirectX 9, 937 for G2D, 19805 for G3D, and 9263 for GPU compute. These results show the TITAN V's strongest Passmark showing in G3D at 19805, with GPU compute at 9263.

The Quadro M5000's lack of DirectX and Passmark results in the database means its performance in those areas cannot be compared directly. However, the two tests where both GPUs have data demonstrate a consistent pattern: the TITAN V holds a massive advantage in compute-oriented workloads.

The average benchmark scores reinforce this picture. The TITAN V's average of 34355 versus the Quadro M5000's 31206 represents a 10% aggregate lead, though this gap is smaller than the head-to-head margins because the average includes different test sets. The TITAN V's nearest rival cluster (RTX A1000, HD 7970, RTX A2000 12 GB, T1000 8 GB) all fall within 0.6%, indicating the TITAN V performs at a level consistent with those modern cards. The Quadro M5000's nearest rivals (GRID M60-1Q, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell, TITAN RTX) show it performs similarly to the GRID M60-1Q, with the TITAN RTX being 1.5% higher.

The recorded data shows no test where the Quadro M5000 wins. The TITAN V wins 2 head-to-head tests, and the Quadro M5000 wins 0. This is a comprehensive performance sweep in the available benchmarks.