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NVIDIA Quadro K5000M

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M is a workstation graphics card released on August 7, 2012, built on the Kepler architecture. It has 1,344 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 706 MHz and a 100 W board power rating. It scores 2,805 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

KeplerGK104Workstation

7/10 key specs recorded · 26 facts

Depth: 35 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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

Shading units

1,344cores

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

706 MHz base

Board power

100 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M scores 2,805 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 71.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #792), measured across 114 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 358.

PassMark G3D Mark

2,805

Rank #792
Faster than 71.9% of 2,658 GPUs
114 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 44 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 55.3% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 12 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 53.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 25 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 55.1% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 10 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 35.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,222 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 53.7% 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 K5000M averages DirectX 9 44 fps, DirectX 10 12 fps, DirectX 11 25 fps, DirectX 12 10 fps and GPU Compute 1,222 ops/s, across 114 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 706 MHz

Memory clock 3000 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 100 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-09

Samples 114

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 706 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Kepler

Codename GK104

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M is based on the Kepler architecture and uses the GK104 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 1,344

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 112

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M has 1,344 shading units, 112 texture mapping units and 32 render output units.

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M.

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 K5000M runs at a base clock of 706 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M has a board power rating of 100 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 100 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 3.0 x16

Market

Launched August 7, 2012

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M was released on August 7, 2012.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 2,805

PassMark G2D 358

Rank #792

Samples 114

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA Quadro K5000M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA Quadro K5000M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M have?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M has a board power rating of 100 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M scores 2,805 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 71.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #792. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 10 fps.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M use?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro K5000M released?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5000M was released on August 7, 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.

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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.