NVIDIA Quadro 5000
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 is a workstation graphics card released on February 23, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 2.5 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 513 MHz and a 152 W board power rating. It scores 1,965 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 1.1 and CUDA compute capability 2.0.
Depth: 33 recorded fields, 1 feature, 4 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 scores 1,965 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 66% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,004), measured across 502 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 396.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 averages DirectX 9 54 fps, DirectX 10 9 fps, DirectX 11 21 fps and GPU Compute 807 ops/s, across 502 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 2.5 GB of memory, a core clock of 513 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2010-09-03. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro 5000M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 is based on the Fermi architecture and uses the GF100 graphics processor.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 runs at a base clock of 513 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 is equipped with 2.5 GB of GDDR5 memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 has a board power rating of 152 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 was released on February 23, 2011.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 1.1 and CUDA compute capability 2.0.
Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro 5000.
Features
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.
Compute and AI
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Supported: CUDA Compute capability 2.0Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Not listed (2)
No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 supports CUDA (Compute capability 2.0) under Compute and AI.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 have?
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 has 2.5 GB of GDDR5 memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 has a board power rating of 152 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro 5000?
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 scores 1,965 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 66% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,004.
What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro 5000?
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 has CUDA compute capability 2.0.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 use?
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA Quadro 5000 released?
The NVIDIA Quadro 5000 was released on February 23, 2011.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF100 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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