Quadro FX 3500M vs FirePro W5130M

Place in performance ranking	679	1110
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.13	0.11
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	G7x (2005−2007)
GPU code name	Tropo	G71GLM
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	1 March 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$99.99
Current price	$1041	$69 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

W5130M has 18% better value for money than FX 3500M.

Detailed specifications

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	512	32
Core clock speed	no data	8 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	575 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	29.60	13.80
Floating-point performance	947.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W5130M and Quadro FX 3500M 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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-III

VRAM capacity and type

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	38.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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
Eyefinity	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

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.

W5130M 3.65
+362%

FX 3500M 0.79

FirePro W5130M outperforms Quadro FX 3500M by 362% based on our aggregate 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%

W5130M 1409
+360%

FX 3500M 306

FirePro W5130M outperforms Quadro FX 3500M by 360% in Passmark.

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:

Full HD

20
+400%

4−5

−400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

+300%

3−4
−300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +338%	8−9 −338%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +358%	12−14 −358%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +338%	8−9 −338%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +350%	10−11 −350%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +338%	8−9 −338%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +358%	12−14 −358%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +338%	8−9 −338%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +350%	10−11 −350%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +358%	12−14 −358%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +338%	8−9 −338%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +350%	10−11 −350%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +320%	5−6 −320%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +350%	6−7 −350%
Hitman 3	30−33 +329%	7−8 −329%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

+300%

3−4
−300%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%