FirePro W5100 vs Quadro 5000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5100 and Quadro 5000, 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 W5100 stacks up against Quadro 5000, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Quadro 5000
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 152 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2.5 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro 5000 has 204% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro 5000 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W5100 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 5000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Quadro 5000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 417 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
  • FirePro W5100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 5000 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Quadro 5000 is 77 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 3000 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 9−10
ultra / 1080p 9−10 5−6
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 21−24
medium / 1080p 18−20 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 58% more, than Quadro 5000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Quadro 5000
Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi
Code name Bonaire GF100
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 31 March 2014 23 February 2011
Pipelines 768 352
Core clock speed 930 MHz 513 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 22.57
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 722.3 gflops
Length 171 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 3000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 120.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s 66 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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