Quadro NVS 5100M vs Quadro K510M

Place in the ranking	941	1119
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.82	1.84
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	GT2xx (2010)
GPU code name	GK208	N10P-NS
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	23 July 2013 (11 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 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 cores	192	48
Core clock speed	846 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.54	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.3249 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	16	no data

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	medium sized
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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 outputs	no data
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	10.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	+	-
CUDA	+	-

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

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +9.7%	30−35 −9.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +9.7%	30−35 −9.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +33.3%	12−14 −33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +9.7%	30−35 −9.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro K510M is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro K510M is ahead in 36 tests (95%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.66	0.93
Recency	23 July 2013	7 January 2010
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	35 Watt

Quadro K510M has a 78.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

The Quadro K510M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 5100M in performance tests.

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