NVS 5100M vs Quadro NVS 450

Place in the ranking	1407	1233
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.34	0.98
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	G98	GT216
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	11 November 2008 (16 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$163.14	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	8	48
Core clock speed	480 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.840	8.800
Floating-point processing power	0.0192 TFLOPS	0.1162 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	8
TMUs	8	16

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB/s	25.6 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 Connectors

4x DisplayPort

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	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 450 0.17

NVS 5100M 0.49
+188%

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 450 66

NVS 5100M 188
+185%

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	0.17	0.49
Recency	11 November 2008	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm

NVS 5100M has a 188.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 5100M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 450 is a workstation card while NVS 5100M is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.