AMD FirePro W2100 vs NVIDIA Quadro M5000M

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Combined performance score

M5000M
17.88
+667%

Quadro M5000M outperforms FirePro W2100 by 667% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking284808
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money7.410.38
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGM204Mars
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date2 October 2015 (8 years old)2 October 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$468 $123
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

M5000M has 1850% better value for money than FirePro W2100.

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 cores1,536320
Core clock speed962 MHz680 MHz
Boost clock speed1051 MHz680 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate93.6013.60
Floating-point performance2,995 gflops435.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro M5000M and FirePro W2100 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datalow profile / half length
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DisplayPort
Display Port1.2no data
DisplayPort countno data2
Dual-link DVI supportno data1

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data+
Optimus+no data
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectX1212 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA5.2no 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.

M5000M 17.88
+667%
FirePro W2100 2.33

Quadro M5000M outperforms FirePro W2100 by 667% 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%

M5000M 6929
+667%
FirePro W2100 903

Quadro M5000M outperforms FirePro W2100 by 667% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

M5000M 9228
+750%
FirePro W2100 1085

Quadro M5000M outperforms FirePro W2100 by 750% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

M5000M 63738
+720%
FirePro W2100 7771

Quadro M5000M outperforms FirePro W2100 by 720% in 3DMark Cloud Gate 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%

M5000M 21653
+483%
FirePro W2100 3715

Quadro M5000M outperforms FirePro W2100 by 483% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

M5000M 112
+654%
FirePro W2100 15

Quadro M5000M outperforms FirePro W2100 by 654% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

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 HD84
+600%
12
−600%
4K14−16
+600%
2
−600%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+460%
5−6
−460%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+318%
10−12
−318%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+460%
5−6
−460%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+2250%
2−3
−2250%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+1140%
5−6
−1140%
Hitman 3 50−55
+1175%
4−5
−1175%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+375%
8−9
−375%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+318%
10−12
−318%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+460%
5−6
−460%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+2250%
2−3
−2250%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+1140%
5−6
−1140%
Hitman 3 50−55
+1175%
4−5
−1175%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+375%
8−9
−375%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 67
+1017%
6−7
−1017%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+460%
5−6
−460%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+2250%
2−3
−2250%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+1140%
5−6
−1140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 38
+533%
6−7
−533%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Hitman 3 27−30
+460%
5−6
−460%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+283%
6−7
−283%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+680%
5−6
−680%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Far Cry 5 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+750%
4−5
−750%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
Hitman 3 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Battlefield 5 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8 0−1

This is how M5000M and FirePro W2100 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • M5000M is 600% faster than FirePro W2100

4K resolution:

  • M5000M is 600% faster than FirePro W2100

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

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the M5000M is 2350% faster than the FirePro W2100.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, M5000M surpassed FirePro W2100 in all 49 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 17.88 2.33
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 26 Watt

The Quadro M5000M is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W2100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M5000M is a mobile workstation card while FirePro W2100 is a 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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