FirePro V5900 vs Quadro 5000M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5900 and Quadro 5000M, 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 V5900 stacks up against Quadro 5000M, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 5000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 5000M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Quadro 5000M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Quadro 5000M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000M has 33% more power consumption, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro 5000M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro V5900 and Quadro 5000M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro V5900 is used in Desktops, and Quadro 5000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Quadro 5000M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro V5900 is 195 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.
  • FirePro V5900 and Quadro 5000M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V5900 is 800 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 10−11
ultra / 1080p 2−3 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 21−24
medium / 1080p 7−8 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 85% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Quadro 5000M
Architecture TeraScale 3 Fermi
Code name Cayman Fermi
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 24 May 2011 27 July 2010
Pipelines 512 320
Core clock speed 600 MHz 405 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 16.20
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 518.4 gflops
Length 230 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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