Quadro FX 2500M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.56% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro FX 2500M sales 29 September 2005 at a recommended price of $99.99 . This is a G7x architecture notebook card based on 90 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via MXM-III interface. Power consumption is at 45 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about Quadro FX 2500M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 1167 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | G7x (2005−2007) | |
| GPU code name | G71glm | |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | |
| Release date | 29 September 2005 (18 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99.99 | |
| Current price | $126 (1.3x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
Quadro FX 2500M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro FX 2500M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 32 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 8 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 500 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 12.00 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
Information on Quadro FX 2500M's 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 | |
| Interface | MXM-III |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro FX 2500M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro FX 2500M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro FX 2500M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro FX 2500M. 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.
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%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Quadro FX 2500M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 8−9 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 8−9 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Metro Exodus | 1−2 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 1−2 | |
| Hitman 3 | 1−2 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro FX 2500M is FirePro M2000, which is faster by 95% and higher by 123 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended processors
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