FirePro M5950 vs Quadro 3000M

Place in performance ranking	775	694
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.14	0.28
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Fermi	Whistler-XT
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	22 February 2011 (13 years old)	13 April 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$398.96	no data
Current price	$447 (1.1x MSRP)	$386

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro M5950 has 100% better value for money than Quadro 3000M.

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	240	480
Core clock speed	450 MHz	725 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	716 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.00	17.40
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops	696.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro 3000M and FirePro M5950 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	large	medium sized
Bus support	no data	n/a
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Form factor	no data	MXM-A

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	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	625 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	57 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	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	no 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 3000M 2.63

FirePro M5950 3.39
+28.9%

FirePro M5950 outperforms Quadro 3000M by 29% 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%

Quadro 3000M 1019

FirePro M5950 1314
+28.9%

FirePro M5950 outperforms Quadro 3000M by 29% 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%

Quadro 3000M 7941
+26.9%

FirePro M5950 6257

Quadro 3000M outperforms FirePro M5950 by 27% 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%

Quadro 3000M 1539
+14%

FirePro M5950 1350

Quadro 3000M outperforms FirePro M5950 by 14% 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%

Quadro 3000M 3721
+227%

FirePro M5950 1137

Quadro 3000M outperforms FirePro M5950 by 227% 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	18−20 −33.3%	24 +33.3%
Full HD	51 +96.2%	26 −96.2%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−20%

6−7
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Hitman 3	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
High Preset

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