NVS 5100M vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility FireGL V5700 and NVS 5100M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
2008
512 MB GDDR3
0.33

NVS 5100M outperforms ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 by an impressive 58% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12981230
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.02
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameM86GT216
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date7 January 2008 (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 cores12048
Core clock speed600 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors378 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate4.8008.800
Floating-point processing power0.144 TFLOPS0.1162 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs816

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)

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 amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo 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

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−42.9%
40−45
+42.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−42.9%
40−45
+42.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−50%
12−14
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−42.9%
40−45
+42.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.33 0.52
Recency 7 January 2008 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm

NVS 5100M has a 57.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 5100M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility FireGL V5700 in performance tests.


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