Quadro4 100 NVS PCI vs Quadro M5000M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	301	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GM204	NV17 A3
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	22 December 2003 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1,536	no data
Core clock speed	962 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1051 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	100.9	1.000
Floating-point performance	2.995 gflops	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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	332 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	5.312 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 outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	8.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	5.2	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 October 2015	22 December 2003
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	10 Watt

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