NVS 5100M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X800XT
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1318 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.06 |
| Architecture | no data | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | M28Pro | GT216 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 8 June 2005 (21 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (16 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 22 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 6 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 480 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 486 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 8.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1162 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
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 | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | MXM-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 type | 256 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 550 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 June 2005 | 7 January 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 40 nm |
NVS 5100M has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon X800XT and NVS 5100M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon X800XT is a notebook graphics card while NVS 5100M is a mobile workstation one.
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