FirePro W5100 vs Quadro 6000

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W5100 and Quadro 6000. 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 W5100 and Quadro 6000. 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.

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Quadro 6000
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 204 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 6000 has 308% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro 6000 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 6000 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W5100.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Quadro 6000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 356 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.
  • FirePro W5100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 6000 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Quadro 6000 is 77 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 3012 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10 8−9
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 30−35 27−30
medium / 1080p 18−20 16−18
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 14% more, than Quadro 6000.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Quadro 6000
Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi
Code name Bonaire GF100
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 31 March 2014 10 December 2010
Pipelines 768 448
Core clock speed 930 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 171 mm 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 143.4 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 91 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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