RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile vs NVS 5100M

Place in the ranking	1233	35
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.98	27.56
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GT216	no data
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	21 March 2023 (1 year 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	48	7424
Core clock speed	550 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	486 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	8.800	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.1162 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	16	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	no data	large
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 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	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	1.2	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

NVS 5100M 0.49

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile 59.31
+12004%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 5100M 188

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile 22878
+12069%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.49	59.31
Recency	7 January 2010	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	150 Watt

NVS 5100M has 328.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 12004.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the 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.