FirePro M5950 vs Quadro K2000M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M5950 and Quadro K2000M, 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 M5950 stacks up against Quadro K2000M, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M5950 and Quadro K2000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M5950 and Quadro K2000M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Quadro K2000M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M5950 Quadro K2000M
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 55 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro K2000M has 57% more power consumption, than FirePro M5950.
  • Both video cards are using MXM-A (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K2000M has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro M5950.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • FirePro M5950 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro K2000M - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K2000M is 20 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.
  • FirePro M5950 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro K2000M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K2000M is 900 MHz higher, than FirePro M5950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 1−2
ultra / 1080p 2−3 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 12−14
medium / 1080p 6−7 3−4
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Quadro K2000M.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5950 Quadro K2000M
Architecture Terascale 2 Kepler
Code name Whistler-XT N14P-Q3
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 13 April 2011 1 June 2012
Pipelines 480 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 745 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.40 23.84
Floating-point performance 696.0 gflops 572.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57 GB/s 28.8 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 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA +
Bus support n/a
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 67 Mh/s 18 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Optimus +
Form factor MXM-A
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