Switch GPU vs FirePro M5100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking606not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameVenusGM20B
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date16 October 2013 (11 years ago)17 March 2017 (7 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 cores640256
Core clock speed725 MHz384 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHz768 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate31.0012.29
Floating-point processing power0.992 TFLOPS0.3932 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4016

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
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)IGP
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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s25.6 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 October 2013 17 March 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 20 nm

Switch GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M5100 and Switch GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro M5100 is a mobile workstation card while Switch GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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