Quadro NVS 5100M vs FirePro M4100

Place in the ranking	802	1121
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.84
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	GT2xx (2010)
GPU code name	Mars	N10P-NS
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	16 October 2013 (11 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 cores	384	48
Core clock speed	670 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.08	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.5146 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	24	no data

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	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	no data
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

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	10.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

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

10
+233%

3−4

−233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Hitman 3	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +75%	12−14 −75%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +22.6%	30−35 −22.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Hitman 3	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +75%	12−14 −75%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +40%	10−11 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +22.6%	30−35 −22.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Hitman 3	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +75%	12−14 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +40%	10−11 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +22.6%	30−35 −22.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+500%

1−2

−500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+100%

3−4

−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

This is how FirePro M4100 and NVS 5100M compete in popular games:

FirePro M4100 is 233% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro M4100 is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

FirePro M4100 is ahead in 37 tests (97%)
there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.75	0.94
Recency	16 October 2013	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm

FirePro M4100 has a 192.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro M4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 5100M in performance tests.

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