NVS 5100M vs ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1230
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.02
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameRV620GT216
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date2008 (16 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 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 cores4048
Core clock speed500 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors181 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate2.0008.800
Floating-point processing powerno data0.1162 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs416

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).

InterfacePCIMXM-A (3.0)
Length170 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MBps800 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s25.6 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

ATI 2260 PCI has 133.3% lower power consumption.

NVS 5100M, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro 2260 PCI and NVS 5100M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro 2260 PCI is a workstation card while NVS 5100M is a mobile workstation one.


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

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