Quadro K5000 for Mac vs. TITAN X - compatibilty, full potential within macOS

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PLEASE ACTUALLY READ THE QUESTION.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT HARDWARE VS. HARDWARE.

This about if one card has any better support (OS OEM/drivers) than the other. There's no doubt that the TITAN X has superior hardware but is it worth getting if that hardware is hampered by the OS. I want to know about the actual compatibility that's achievable for each card within the current macOS.


Questions regarding these items:

• GeForce GTX TITAN X (MacVidCards, EFI)
• Quadro K5000 for Mac (genuine, non-flashed)
• Mac Pro 5,1
• macOS Sierra

I have the option to get either card right now, since the Quadro was (sort of) an OEM option for the Mac Pro, would be the smarter card to go with even though it's hardware is older. What good is the TITAN's hardware if it's limited or not fully supported? Are there other factors I'm not considering that would make it preferable over the Quadro? Initial questions, I'm sure there will be more:

• Is the Quadro K5000's hardware any better supported or better abled to be utilized fully than the TITAN X when factoring in any restraints or limitations of macOS?
  
  
• Since the both cards require the same Quadro web-drivers, are they both theoretically capable of achieving the same potential within the OS?

 

[AidenShaw]

I assume you mean the older Titan X (Maxwell), not the current Titan X (Pascal).

 

[Synchro3]

As the Mac drivers are the same for Quadro and Geforce cards, meaning no special drivers for Quadro, I would go for the Titan X. Except you need the ECC RAM of the Quadro.

The Quadro K5000 is much weaker: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-Quadro-K5000-vs-Nvidia-GTX-Titan-X/m9098vs3282

The K5000 is based on the hardware of the GTX 680 4GB, but 30% lower clock speeds and 10% lower RAM speeds.

 

[orph]

what is the use case?
the Quadro will also have 10bit video out in osx so if doing video grading it's a valid option but i think you can also just use a weaker Quadro to drive display.

im not shore which versions of osx will actually drive 10bit video out tho, 10.12 will i think not shore about older versions.

 

[itdk92]

what is the use case?
the Quadro will also have 10bit video out in osx so if doing video grading it's a valid option but i think you can also just use a weaker Quadro to drive display.

im not shore which versions of osx will actually drive 10bit video out tho, 10.12 will i think not shore about older versions.

Titan Xs have 10bit video out in macOS. In fact, it's been a while actually.

10.11 or higher is needed.

Litterally ZERO reasons to get one or dual K5000 atm, unless you find them for under 150$ per card.