FirePro D500 vs Quadro P5200

Place in the ranking	171	422
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	21.96	2.74
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	GP104	Tahiti
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	21 February 2018 (6 years ago)	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	1536
Core clock speed	1556 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1746 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	274 Watt
Texture fill rate	279.4	69.60
Floating-point processing power	8.94 TFLOPS	2.227 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	160	96

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	279 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1270 MHz
Memory bandwidth	230.4 GB/s	243.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	6.1	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	119 +198%	40−45 −198%
4K	51 +219%	16−18 −219%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

50−55
+200%

18−20

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +229%	21−24 −229%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +206%	18−20 −206%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +197%	35−40 −197%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +210%	21−24 −210%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +200%	18−20 −200%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +196%	24−27 −196%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +200%	27−30 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +211%	55−60 −211%
Hitman 3	65−70 +219%	21−24 −219%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +209%	45−50 −209%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +206%	35−40 −206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +229%	24−27 −229%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	152 +204%	50−55 −204%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +234%	35−40 −234%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +229%	21−24 −229%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +206%	18−20 −206%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +197%	35−40 −197%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +210%	21−24 −210%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +200%	18−20 −200%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +196%	24−27 −196%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +200%	27−30 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +211%	55−60 −211%
Hitman 3	65−70 +219%	21−24 −219%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +209%	45−50 −209%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +206%	35−40 −206%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +229%	24−27 −229%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +220%	35−40 −220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +219%	21−24 −219%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +234%	35−40 −234%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +229%	21−24 −229%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +206%	18−20 −206%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +210%	21−24 −210%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +200%	18−20 −200%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +196%	24−27 −196%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +211%	55−60 −211%
Hitman 3	65−70 +219%	21−24 −219%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +209%	45−50 −209%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +220%	35−40 −220%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65 +210%	21−24 −210%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +234%	35−40 −234%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

75−80
+229%

24−27

−229%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +233%	18−20 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +206%	16−18 −206%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 +240%	10−11 −240%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +230%	10−11 −230%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +208%	12−14 −208%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +229%	7−8 −229%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +208%	12−14 −208%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +205%	60−65 −205%
Hitman 3	40−45 +233%	12−14 −233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +219%	21−24 −219%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +239%	18−20 −239%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 +208%	24−27 −208%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +207%	14−16 −207%
Watch Dogs: Legion	160−170 +205%	55−60 −205%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
+200%

18−20

−200%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +210%	10−11 −210%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +225%	8−9 −225%
Hitman 3	24−27 +225%	8−9 −225%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +214%	50−55 −214%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +225%	12−14 −225%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	46 +229%	14−16 −229%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22 +233%	6−7 −233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +217%	6−7 −217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +217%	6−7 −217%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +200%	6−7 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +214%	14−16 −214%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +200%	14−16 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +200%	5−6 −200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

+211%

9−10
−211%

This is how Quadro P5200 and FirePro D500 compete in popular games:

Quadro P5200 is 198% faster in 1080p
Quadro P5200 is 219% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	31.71	10.83
Recency	21 February 2018	18 January 2014
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	3 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	274 Watt

Quadro P5200 has a 192.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 174% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P5200 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P5200 is a mobile workstation card while FirePro D500 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.