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Nvidia Quadro K5000 Professional Graphics Card (Part 3)

5/6/2013 9:15:04 AM

Performance

SPECviewperf 11.0

In the tests on professional graphics cards, first of all, we ran SPECviewperf, this software has become an industry standard for the evaluation of graphics workstations. SPECviewperf sends predefined sequences of OpenGL instructions to the graphics card driver, describing the rotations of the complex models that are typical of many professional applications. By simulating those operations rather than by the original ones, the evaluation (benchmark) reported the geometric performance of a graphics card which is identified by the hardware features as well as optimized drivers.

The scripts integrated into SPECviewperf version 11 copy the user's activities in wireframe mode in the following professional applications (the names of the corresponding tests are put in parentheses: LightWave (lightwave-01), CATIA (CATIA-03), EnSight (ensight-04), Maya (maya-03), Pro / ENGINEER (proe-05), SolidWorks (sw-03), Siemens Teamcenter Visualization Mockup (tcvis-02) and Siemens NX (snx-01).

SPECviewperf 11.0, catia-03

SPECviewperf 11.0, catia-03

SPECviewperf 11.0, ensight-04

SPECviewperf 11.0, ensight-04

SPECviewperf 11.0, lightware-01

SPECviewperf 11.0, lightware-01

SPECviewperf 11.0, maya-03

SPECviewperf 11.0, maya-03

SPECviewperf 11.0, proe-05

SPECviewperf 11.0, proe-05

SPECviewperf 11.0, sw-02

SPECviewperf 11.0, sw-02

SPECviewperf 11.0, tcvis-02

SPECviewperf 11.0, tcvis-02

SPECviewperf 11.0, snx-01

SPECviewperf 11.0, snx-01

The new Nvidia Quadro K5000 is clearly superior to its predecessor the Quadro 5000. The different distance is shown through the applications, but the Quadro K5000 always takes the lead, which demonstrates the value of the advanced Kepler architecture. It is particularly good in the tests of ht-04, tcvis-02 and snx-0, where the Quadro K5000 is 70-80% faster than the Quadro 5000. On the other hand, the distance is not larger than 10% in the LightWave-01 and sw-02 scenarios.

Meanwhile, SPECviewperf makes clear that the use of gaming graphics card for professional applications is not a good idea. Although the GeForce GTX 680 has the similar architecture to the Quadro K5000 and higher clock speeds, it has major problems in dealing with complex models based on OpenGL. Its speed is much lower compared to the dedicated solutions with optimized drivers.

We also use SPECviewperf 11.0 to test the effectiveness of the full screen antialiasing on performance. The charts below are based on the standard SPECviewperf tests made ​​with different FSAA turned-on modes.

Catia-03

Catia-03

Ensight-04

Ensight-04

Lightwave-01

Lightwave-01

Maya-03

Maya-03

Proe-05

Proe-05

Sw-02

Sw-02

Tcvis-02

Tcvis-02

Snx-01

Snx-01

As planned, the FSAA causes a performance hit, but the new Quadro K5000 does not slow down as much as the Quadro 5000. Consequently, the newer card is twice faster than its previous generations in the FSAA 32x and 64x modes.

While providing a general concept about the performance of a graphics card, SPECviewperf 11.0 is as a synthetic standard. Therefore, we would like to add its number with what we have in real life professional applications.

Autodesk 3ds Max 2011

We used the professional version of the SPEC benchmark to test the performance of the graphics card in one of the most popular 3D modeling. Among other things, this version was taken note for using very complex models with some 32 million polygons and assessing the effectiveness separately for common and complex models.

It should be noted that Nvidia optimizes the professional solutions for 3ds Max projection windows by providing a special mini-driver that supersedes the standard DirectX drivers in the software and ensures higher performance for the Quadro series.

3ds Max 2011, GPU Composite Score

3ds Max 2011, GPU Composite Score

The mini-driver has only compatibility with professional NVIDIA solutions, which explains the advantage of Quadro K5000 is 50% much more than the GeForce GTX 680. The benefits of Kepler architecture also indicate that the new card is 10% newer than the Quadro 5000. However, the high performance of the new professional card based on Kepler is even manifested more evidently with the highly sophisticated-level 3D models.

3ds Max 2011, Large Model GPU

3ds Max 2011, Large Model GPU

The Quadro K5000 runs up to 20% faster than the Quadro 5000 when processing the model of a city built on 32 million polygons. It is also 85% faster than the gaming cards with the same hardware architecture. Of course, we've seen the numbers that are even more impressive than in SPECviewperf, but we should remember that 3ds Max is one of the 3D modeling kits working through DirectX.

The overall performance scores might not reflect the whole picture well. We are likely to get a better understanding by analyzing the secondary performance parameters exposed by the benchmark.

3ds Max 2011

3ds Max 2011

As you can see, the cards are based on Kepler that are largely outperformed the previous generations based on Fermi in terms of GPU’s described components. That is just another proof that the GK104 is optimized for high performance computing.

Autodesk AutoCAD 2013

This is another popular 3D modeling kit using DirectX. With 3ds Max, Nvidia provides special support for the development of AutoCAD, but unfortunately, the corresponding mini-driver for the Quadro series has not been updated in a long time. Its latest version is only compatible with AutoCAD 2011. That is the reason why the users of this software cannot enjoy the full of benefits from the advantages offered by Nvidia’s latest professional cards. This means that there is no basic difference between the Quadro and GeForce product series based on the Kepler architecture.

AutoCAD 2013, Total Score

AutoCAD 2013, Total Score

As you can see the GeForce GTX 680 gaming cards approach to the performance of Quadro K5000. The latter products are not much different from the previous-generation professional cards, except for specific situations. They are different when you activate the specific viewing types in AutoCAD 2013.

AutoCAD 2013

AutoCAD 2013

The Quadro K5000 turned out to be better when compared to the other graphics cards to handle 2D design drawings with the Hidden style when the objects are represented as frames, and you cannot see their back edges. The professional cards based on Fermi are the best in the Wireframe and Conceptual modes while the most effective gaming cards are with the Realistic style.

It should be taken note that if Nvidia launches its mini-driver for AutoCAD 2013, the situation may change considerably. Considering the previous versions, we are able to expect the Quadro series to be many times faster than they are at present with the appropriate software support.

Maxon Cinema 4D (Cinebench R11.5)

Maxon Cinema 4D is a popular software kit for 3D modeling and animation. Its speed can be assessed by using the dedicated Cinebench’s assessment methods. But the latter products employs the tool of CINEMA 4D version R11.4, according to the developers, can also provide some notions of a graphics card performance in the latest CINEMA 4D R14.

Cinebench 11.5, OpenGL

Cinebench 11.5, OpenGL

According to Cinebench, the new professional card Quadro K5000 based on Kepler is 14% faster than the Fermi-based Quadro 5000

 

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