FirePro W5170M vs Quadro P5000 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	173	566
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.54	0.22
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	N17E-Q5	Tropo
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	11 January 2017 (7 years ago)	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,885	no data
Current price	$2137 (1.1x MSRP)	$1530

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

P5000 Mobile has 2418% better value for money than W5170M.

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 cores	2048	640
Core clock speed	1164 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1506 MHz	925 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	202.5	37.00
Floating-point performance	6,197 gflops	1,184 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro P5000 Mobile and FirePro W5170M 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	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6006 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	72 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity	no data	+
Display Port	1.4	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	no data	+
Optimus	+	no data
3D Stereo	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1	no 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.

P5000 Mobile 29.90
+427%

W5170M 5.67

Quadro P5000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 427% 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%

P5000 Mobile 11561
+428%

W5170M 2191

Quadro P5000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 428% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

P5000 Mobile 20096
+379%

W5170M 4197

Quadro P5000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 379% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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%

P5000 Mobile 14666
+404%

W5170M 2909

Quadro P5000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 404% 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%

P5000 Mobile 86679
+354%

W5170M 19095

Quadro P5000 Mobile outperforms FirePro W5170M by 354% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.