AMD FirePro M5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro 2000

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Combined performance score

Quadro 2000
2.44

FirePro M5100 outperforms Quadro 2000 by 122% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking794572
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.372.83
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGF106Venus
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date24 December 2010 (13 years old)1 October 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data
Current price$141 (0.2x MSRP)$105
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro M5100 has 665% better value for money than Quadro 2000.

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 cores192640
Core clock speed625 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speedno data775 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)62 Wattno data
Texture fill rate20.0031.00
Floating-point performance480.0 gflops992.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro 2000 and FirePro M5100 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length178 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2600 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth41.6 GB/s72 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1no data

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.

Quadro 2000 2.44
FirePro M5100 5.42
+122%

FirePro M5100 outperforms Quadro 2000 by 122% in our combined 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%

Quadro 2000 947
FirePro M5100 2102
+122%

FirePro M5100 outperforms Quadro 2000 by 122% in Passmark.

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%

Quadro 2000 3902
FirePro M5100 6311
+61.7%

FirePro M5100 outperforms Quadro 2000 by 62% 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:

Full HD12−14
−158%
31
+158%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.44 5.42
Recency 24 December 2010 1 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The FirePro M5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 2000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 2000 is a workstation card while FirePro M5100 is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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