Quadro 1000M vs FirePro M5950

Place in performance ranking	691	938
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.29	0.12
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Whistler-XT	Fermi
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	13 April 2011 (13 years old)	22 February 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$174.95
Current price	$386	$129 (0.7x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro M5950 has 142% better value for money than Quadro 1000M.

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	480	96
Core clock speed	725 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.40	11.20
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops	268.8 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro M5950 and Quadro 1000M 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	medium sized
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Form factor	MXM-A	no data

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57 GB/s	28.8 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

API support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	no data	2.1

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 M5950 3.39
+131%

Quadro 1000M 1.47

FirePro M5950 outperforms Quadro 1000M by 131% 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 M5950 1314
+131%

Quadro 1000M 570

FirePro M5950 outperforms Quadro 1000M by 131% 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 M5950 6257
+37%

Quadro 1000M 4566

FirePro M5950 outperforms Quadro 1000M by 37% 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 M5950 1350
+43.2%

Quadro 1000M 943

FirePro M5950 outperforms Quadro 1000M by 43% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

FirePro M5950 1137

Quadro 1000M 2133
+87.6%

Quadro 1000M outperforms FirePro M5950 by 88% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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	24 +140%	10−12 −140%
Full HD	26 −57.7%	41 +57.7%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	8−9	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	8−9	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	8−9	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Hitman 3	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%