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NVIDIA Quadro K5000

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 is a workstation graphics card released on August 17, 2012, built on the Kepler architecture. It has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 706 MHz and a 122 W board power rating. It scores 4,001 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.2 and CUDA compute capability 3.0.

KeplerGK104Workstation

6/10 key specs recorded · 24 facts

Depth: 33 recorded fields, 1 feature, 5 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.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

706 MHz base

Board power

122 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 scores 4,001 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 77.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #633), measured across 696 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 457.

PassMark G3D Mark

4,001

Rank #633
Faster than 77.4% of 2,658 GPUs
696 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 66 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 66.3% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 58.1% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 36 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 63.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 15 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 47.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,733 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 61.6% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 averages DirectX 9 66 fps, DirectX 10 16 fps, DirectX 11 36 fps, DirectX 12 15 fps and GPU Compute 1,733 ops/s, across 696 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 706 MHz

Memory clock 1350,(5400) MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 122 W

First benchmarked 2012-11-07

Samples 696

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 706 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-11-07. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro K5000M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Kepler

Codename GK104

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 is based on the Kepler architecture and uses the GK104 graphics processor.

Clock speeds

Base clock 706 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 runs at a base clock of 706 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 has a board power rating of 122 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 122 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched August 17, 2012

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 was released on August 17, 2012.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 4,001

PassMark G2D 457

Rank #633

Samples 696

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.2 and CUDA compute capability 3.0.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.2

CUDA compute capability 3.0

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro K5000.

Features

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 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

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 3.0

Support 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 K5000 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 supports CUDA (Compute capability 3.0) under Compute and AI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 have?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 has a board power rating of 122 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro K5000?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 scores 4,001 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 77.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #633. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 15 fps.

What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro K5000?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 has CUDA compute capability 3.0.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 use?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 released?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 was released on August 17, 2012.

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.

1 filled value

Architecture: Kepler (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GK104 -> Kepler. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.