FirePro V7900 vs Quadro 5000M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 and Quadro 5000M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V7900 and Quadro 5000M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 V7900 Quadro 5000M
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro V7900 has 51% more power consumption, than Quadro 5000M.
  • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro 5000M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro V7900 and Quadro 5000M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro V7900 is used in Desktops, and Quadro 5000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Quadro 5000M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 320 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.
  • FirePro V7900 and Quadro 5000M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 3800 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 10−11
ultra / 1080p 6−7 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 21−24
medium / 1080p 14−16 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 7% more, than Quadro 5000M.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Quadro 5000M
Architecture TeraScale 3 Fermi
Code name Cayman Fermi
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 24 May 2011 27 July 2010
Pipelines 1280 320
Core clock speed 725 MHz 405 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 16.20
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 518.4 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 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 +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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