GeForce GTX 950M vs Quadro M5000M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M5000M with GeForce GTX 950M, including specs and performance data.

M5000M
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
15.64
+171%

M5000M outperforms GTX 950M by a whopping 171% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking316577
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.456.13
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGM204GM107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date18 August 2015 (9 years ago)13 March 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1,536640
Core clock speed975 MHz914 MHz
Boost clock speed1051 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate93.6044.96
Floating-point processing power2.995 TFLOPS1.439 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs9640

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options-+

VRAM capacity and type

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 or GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s32 or 80 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 outputsNo outputs
VGA аnalog display supportno data+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno data+
HDMI-+
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GeForce ShadowPlay-+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorks-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus++
BatteryBoost-+
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data
Anselno data+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA5.2+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

M5000M 15.64
+171%
GTX 950M 5.77

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

M5000M 6995
+171%
GTX 950M 2579

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.

M5000M 11845
+171%
GTX 950M 4367

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.

M5000M 9228
+188%
GTX 950M 3200

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.

M5000M 63738
+198%
GTX 950M 21356

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.

M5000M 22785
+134%
GTX 950M 9741

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

M5000M 324161
+63%
GTX 950M 198867

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

M5000M 24875
+264%
GTX 950M 6837

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

M5000M 20269
+107%
GTX 950M 9777

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.

M5000M 112
+167%
GTX 950M 42

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

M5000M 63
+152%
GTX 950M 25

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
+180%
30
−180%
1440p55−60
+162%
21
−162%
4K40−45
+167%
15
−167%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 40−45
+193%
14−16
−193%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+223%
30−33
−223%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+177%
12−14
−177%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 40−45
+193%
14−16
−193%
Battlefield 5 70−75
+132%
31
−132%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+223%
30−33
−223%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+177%
12−14
−177%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+152%
23
−152%
Fortnite 90−95
+43.1%
65
−43.1%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+150%
27−30
−150%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
+200%
18−20
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+146%
26
−146%
Valorant 130−140
+90%
70−75
−90%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 40−45
+193%
14−16
−193%
Battlefield 5 70−75
+177%
26
−177%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+223%
30−33
−223%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 210−220
+110%
100−110
−110%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+177%
12−14
−177%
Dota 2 100−110
+38.4%
73
−38.4%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+176%
21
−176%
Fortnite 90−95
+288%
24
−288%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+150%
27−30
−150%
Forza Horizon 5 50−55
+200%
18−20
−200%
Grand Theft Auto V 60−65
+220%
20
−220%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+620%
5
−620%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+178%
21−24
−178%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 67
+253%
19
−253%
Valorant 130−140
+90%
70−75
−90%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+260%
20
−260%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+177%
12−14
−177%
Dota 2 100−110
+50.7%
67
−50.7%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+205%
19
−205%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+150%
27−30
−150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+178%
21−24
−178%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 38
+245%
11
−245%
Valorant 130−140
+90%
70−75
−90%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 90−95
+323%
22
−323%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+250%
10−11
−250%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130
+160%
45−50
−160%
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
+263%
8−9
−263%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+326%
35−40
−326%
Valorant 160−170
+135%
70−75
−135%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+380%
10−11
−380%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+217%
12
−217%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+180%
14−16
−180%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 35−40
+200%
12−14
−200%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+82.4%
16−18
−82.4%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Valorant 95−100
+197%
30−35
−197%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Dota 2 60−65
+173%
21−24
−173%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+200%
6
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+233%
9−10
−233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

This is how M5000M and GTX 950M compete in popular games:

  • M5000M is 180% faster in 1080p
  • M5000M is 162% faster in 1440p
  • M5000M is 167% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the M5000M is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, M5000M surpassed GTX 950M in all 61 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.64 5.77
Recency 18 August 2015 13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

M5000M has a 171.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 950M, on the other hand, has 33.3% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M5000M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 950M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M5000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 950M is a mobile workstation one.

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