FirePro M5950 vs Quadro 7000

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M5950 and Quadro 7000. 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 M5950 and Quadro 7000. 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.

FirePro M5950 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro M5950 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 FirePro M5950 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M5950 Quadro 7000
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 204 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 7000 has 482% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Quadro 7000 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 7000 has 5 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is used in Mobile workstations, and Quadro 7000 - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro 7000 - with Fermi 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro M5950 is 74 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.
  • FirePro M5950 and Quadro 7000 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 7000 is 2504 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 18−20
ultra / 1080p 2−3 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 35−40
medium / 1080p 6−7 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 214% more, than FirePro M5950.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 Quadro 7000
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi 2.0
Code name Whistler-XT GF110
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 13 April 2011 2 May 2012
Pipelines 480 512
Core clock speed 725 MHz 651 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 41.66
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 1,332 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 3404 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 163.4 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 2.0
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor MXM-A
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