Quadro P520 vs FirePro M6000

Place in performance ranking	611	573
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.38	1.08
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Heathrow	GP108
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 July 2012 (11 years ago)	27 May 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$162	$1670

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro M6000 has 28% better value for money than Quadro P520.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	384
Core clock speed	750 MHz	1303 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1493 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	43 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.00	35.83
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro M6000 and Quadro P520 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Form factor	MXM-B	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	48.06 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	1	no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro M6000 4.70

Quadro P520 5.43
+15.5%

Quadro P520 outperforms FirePro M6000 by 16% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro M6000 1820

Quadro P520 2104
+15.6%

Quadro P520 outperforms FirePro M6000 by 16% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FirePro M6000 10744

Quadro P520 15720
+46.3%

Quadro P520 outperforms FirePro M6000 by 46% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FirePro M6000 2422

Quadro P520 4186
+72.8%

Quadro P520 outperforms FirePro M6000 by 73% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	58 −12.1%	65−70 +12.1%
Full HD	42 +100%	21 −100%
4K	16−18 −25%	20 +25%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9

−12.5%

9−10
+12.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −100%	20 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Hitman 3	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −8.3%	13 +8.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −80%	18 +80%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
Hitman 3	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +16.7%	6 −16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −90%	19 +90%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −60%	16 +60%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −20%	18−20 +20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −10%	11 +10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

This is how FirePro M6000 and Quadro P520 compete in popular games:

Quadro P520 is 12.1% faster than FirePro M6000 in 900p
FirePro M6000 is 100% faster than Quadro P520 in 1080p
Quadro P520 is 25% faster than FirePro M6000 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the FirePro M6000 is 16.7% faster than the Quadro P520.
in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro P520 is 100% faster than the FirePro M6000.

All in all, in popular games: