NVS 510 vs Quadro NVS 5100M

Place in the ranking	1119	918
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.07
Power efficiency	1.85	3.55
Architecture	GT2xx (2010)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	N10P-NS	GK107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	192
Core clock speed	550 MHz	797 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	12.75
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.306 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	160 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	891 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	28.51 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 data

4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.1.126
CUDA	-	3.0

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

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −75%	21−24 +75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −77.4%	55−60 +77.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −75%	21−24 +75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −80%	18−20 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −77.4%	55−60 +77.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −75%	21−24 +75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −80%	18−20 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −77.4%	55−60 +77.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

+0%

1−2
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	1.79
Recency	7 January 2010	23 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm

NVS 510 has a 92.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 510 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 5100M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 5100M is a mobile workstation card while NVS 510 is a workstation one.

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