Quadro FX 2500M vs FirePro M2000

Place in performance ranking	1044	1167
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.02	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	G7x (2005−2007)
GPU code name	Turks GLM	G71glm
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 July 2012 (11 years ago)	29 September 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$99.99
Current price	$387	$126 (1.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro M2000 and FX 2500M have a nearly equal value for money.

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	32
Core clock speed	500 MHz	8 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	500 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	12.00
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on FirePro M2000 and Quadro FX 2500M 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	large
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-III
Form factor	chip-down	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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	38.4 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
StereoOutput3D	1	no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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 M2000 1.09
+94.6%

FX 2500M 0.56

FirePro M2000 outperforms Quadro FX 2500M by 95% 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 M2000 424
+95.4%

FX 2500M 217

FirePro M2000 outperforms Quadro FX 2500M by 95% in Passmark.

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	9 +125%	4−5 −125%
Full HD	16 +100%	8−9 −100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how FirePro M2000 and FX 2500M compete in popular games:

FirePro M2000 is 125% faster than FX 2500M in 900p
FirePro M2000 is 100% faster than FX 2500M in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the FirePro M2000 is 100% faster than the FX 2500M.

All in all, in popular games:

FirePro M2000 is ahead in 12 tests (48%)
there's a draw in 13 tests (52%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	1.09	0.56
Recency	1 July 2012	29 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	45 Watt