FirePro M6100 vs Quadro P500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro M6100 and Quadro P500. 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 M6100 and Quadro P500. 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 M6100 and Quadro P500 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro M6100 and Quadro P500 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 M6100 or Quadro P500 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M6100 Quadro P500
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • FirePro M6100 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro P500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro M6100 and Quadro P500 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro M6100 is used in Laptops, and Quadro P500 - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro M6100 is build with GCN architecture, and Quadro P500 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P500 is 355 MHz higher, than FirePro M6100.
  • FirePro M6100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P500 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M6100 is 988 MHz higher, than Quadro P500.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 8−9
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 10−11
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M6100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than Quadro P500.

Full Specs

  FirePro M6100 Quadro P500
Architecture GCN Pascal
Code name Bonaire GP108
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 1 October 2013 14 November 2017
Pipelines 768 256
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1455 MHz
Boost Clock 1519 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 51.60 21.25
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops 679.9 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 88 GB/s 32.1 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12.1
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.0.1
CUDA 6.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 196 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
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