NVS 5100M vs GeForce GTX 260 216

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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
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT200GT216
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date16 September 2008 (16 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores21648
Core clock speed576 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate41.478.800
Floating-point processing power0.5365 TFLOPS0.1162 TFLOPS
ROPs288
TMUs7216

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount896 MB1 GB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 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 DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.31.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 September 2008 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 35 Watt

NVS 5100M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 14.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 420% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and NVS 5100M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a desktop card while NVS 5100M is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
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