NVS 810 vs Quadro NVS 5100M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro NVS 5100M with NVS 810, including specs and performance data.

NVS 5100M
2010
1 GB DDR3, 35 Watt
0.92

NVS 810 outperforms NVS 5100M by a whopping 233% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1128766
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGT2xx (2009−2012)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameN10P-NSGM107
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)4 November 2015 (8 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48512
Core clock speed550 MHz902 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1033 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt68 Watt
Texture fill rateno data33.06
Floating-point processing powerno data1.058 gflops
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data198 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 Connectorsno data8x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-5.0

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
−200%
9−10
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Hitman 3 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−223%
100−105
+223%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Hitman 3 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−223%
100−105
+223%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−223%
100−105
+223%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.92 3.06
Recency 7 January 2010 4 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 68 Watt

NVS 5100M has 94.3% lower power consumption.

NVS 810, on the other hand, has a 232.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 810 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 810 is a workstation one.


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