NVIDIA started Quadro K5100M sales 23 July 2013. This is a Kepler architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 0.9 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 115.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-B (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 100 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro K5100M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	508
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.72	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GK104
Market segment	Mobile workstation
Release date	23 July 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro K5100M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro K5100M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	771 MHz	of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	3,540 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	98.69	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	2.369 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	32	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	128	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro K5100M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro K5100M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro K5100M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	No outputs
Display Port	1.2

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro K5100M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+
3D Vision Pro	+
Mosaic	+
nView Display Management	+
Optimus	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro K5100M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	+
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro K5100M. 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.

K5100M 8.20

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.

K5100M 3162

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

K5100M 6880

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

K5100M 24795

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

K5100M 4793

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

K5100M 31015

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

K5100M 11427

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

K5100M 2197

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

K5100M 33

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

K5100M 44

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

K5100M 61

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

K5100M 71

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

K5100M 59

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

K5100M 43

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

K5100M 18

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

K5100M 27

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

K5100M 2

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

K5100M 27

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

K5100M 44

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

K5100M 59

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

K5100M 61

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

K5100M 71

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

K5100M 43

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

K5100M 18

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

K5100M 2.2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro K5100M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	50
4K	27

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	24−27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	18−20
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24
Forza Horizon 4	50−55
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	24−27
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	24−27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	18−20
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24
Forza Horizon 4	50−55
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Metro Exodus	24−27
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	82
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	18−20
Forza Horizon 4	50−55
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	9−10
Forza Horizon 4	30−35
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18
Metro Exodus	10−11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	9−10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

Closest competitors

Quadro K5100M's performance relative to its closest rivals among mobile workstation graphics cards.

Quadro P600 104.63

Radeon Pro 555X 102.32

Quadro M1200 102.2

Quadro K5100M 100

FirePro W7170M 99.88

Radeon Pro 555 99.27

Radeon Pro 455 98.41

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro K5100M is FirePro W7170M, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.