FirePro M6000 vs Quadro P500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M6000 and Quadro P500, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro M6000 stacks up against Quadro P500, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M6000 and Quadro P500 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M6000 and Quadro P500 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M6000 or Quadro P500 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M6000 Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 43 Watt 30 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro M6000 has 43% more power consumption, than Quadro P500.
  • FirePro M6000 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro M6000 and Quadro P500 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • FirePro M6000 is build with GCN architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 705 MHz higher, than FirePro M6000.
  • FirePro M6000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P500 is 512 MHz higher, than FirePro M6000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 18−20
medium / 1080p 10−12 10−11
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M6000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 10% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  FirePro M6000 Quadro P500
Architecture GCN Pascal
Code name Heathrow GP108
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 1 July 2012 14 November 2017
Pipelines 640 256
Core clock speed 750 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 32.00 21.25
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12.1
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.0.1
CUDA 6.1
Bus support n/a
Laptop size medium sized large
Form factor MXM-B
StereoOutput3D +
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