Quadro NVS 5100M vs FirePro W7170M

Place in performance ranking	480	1086
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.27	0.04
Architecture	GCN 3 (2014−2016)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	Tonga	N10P-NS
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	$600	$105

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

W7170M has 3075% better value for money than NVS 5100M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	48
Core clock speed	723 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.54	no data
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro W7170M and Quadro NVS 5100M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 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
Eyefinity	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	10.1
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

W7170M 8.19
+781%

NVS 5100M 0.93

FirePro W7170M outperforms Quadro NVS 5100M by 781% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

W7170M 26345
+900%

NVS 5100M 2634

FirePro W7170M outperforms Quadro NVS 5100M by 900% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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

46
+820%

5−6

−820%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Battlefield 5	24−27 +1150%	2−3 −1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Battlefield 5	24−27 +1150%	2−3 −1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	21−24 +1050%	2−3 −1050%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	18−20	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	23	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	14−16	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18	no data
Metro Exodus	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7	no data
Hitman 3	4−5	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5	no data
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9	no data
Metro Exodus	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

no data

This is how W7170M and NVS 5100M compete in popular games:

W7170M is 820% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.19	0.93
Recency	2 October 2015	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt