Quadro 5010M vs FirePro W5170M

Place in performance ranking	563	613
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.22	1.57
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Tropo	N12E-Q5
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years old)	22 February 2011 (13 years old)
Current price	$1530	$134

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro 5010M has 614% better value for money than W5170M.

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	no data	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,500 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.00	21.60
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	691.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro W5170M and Quadro 5010M 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	large
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5 ECC
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	83.2 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
Eyefinity	+	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	no data	2.0

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.

W5170M 5.66
+23.9%

Quadro 5010M 4.57

FirePro W5170M outperforms Quadro 5010M by 24% 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%

W5170M 2191
+23.7%

Quadro 5010M 1771

FirePro W5170M outperforms Quadro 5010M by 24% in Passmark.

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%

W5170M 4197
+55.8%

Quadro 5010M 2693

FirePro W5170M outperforms Quadro 5010M by 56% 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	45−50 +18.4%	38 −18.4%
Full HD	27 −119%	59 +119%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
+12.5%

8−9

−12.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Battlefield 5	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%
Hitman 3	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Battlefield 5	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%
Hitman 3	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	15 +50%	10−11 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Battlefield 5	16−18 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +35.7%	14−16 −35.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Hitman 3	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1