NVS 5100M vs Quadro FX 3500

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1137not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG71GT216
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date22 May 2006 (17 years old)7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 no data
Current price$920 (0.6x MSRP)$25
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 coresno data48
Core clock speed450 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors278 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate9.0008.800
Floating-point performanceno data116.16 gflops

Size and 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 1.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length173 mmno data
Width1-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1320 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth42.24 GB/s25.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model3.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 3500 259
+37.8%
NVS 5100M 188

Quadro FX 3500 outperforms NVS 5100M by 38% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 22 May 2006 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3500 and NVS 5100M. We've got no test results to judge.


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