FirePro M5800 vs Quadro M6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M6000 with FirePro M5800, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M6000
2015
12 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
30.59
+2149%

Quadro M6000 outperforms ATI M5800 by a whopping 2149% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking168974
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.24no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM200Madison
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date21 March 2015 (9 years ago)1 March 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,199.99 no data
Current price$1792 (0.4x MSRP)$60

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores3072400
Core clock speed988 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,000 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rate213.913.00
Floating-point performance6,844 gflops520.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M6000 and FirePro M5800 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed6612 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth317.4 GB/s51.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA5.2no data

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 HD450−500
+2043%
21
−2043%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 3−4 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 3−4 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 0−1

This is how Quadro M6000 and ATI M5800 compete in popular games:

  • Quadro M6000 is 2043% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.59 1.36
Recency 21 March 2015 1 March 2010
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 26 Watt

The Quadro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M5800 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M6000 is a workstation card while FirePro M5800 is a mobile workstation one.


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