GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Quadro NVS 5100M

Place in the ranking	1119	9
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	67.32
Power efficiency	1.85	24.77
Architecture	GT2xx (2010)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	N10P-NS	AD104
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	48	7168
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1980 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	554.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	35.48 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	80
TMUs	no data	224
Tensor Cores	no data	224
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	56

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	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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	DDR3	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	504.2 GB/s
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 data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	2−3 −11200%	226 +11200%
1440p	1−2 −14000%	141 +14000%
4K	1−2 −8700%	88 +8700%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.65
1440p	no data	4.25
4K	no data	6.81

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−8233%

250−260

+8233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3080%	150−160 +3080%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Far Cry 5	0−1	110−120
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −9600%	190−200 +9600%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2480%	120−130 +2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −2217%	270−280 +2217%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −12300%	120−130 +12300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −4714%	300−350 +4714%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −397%	150−160 +397%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3080%	150−160 +3080%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Far Cry 5	0−1	110−120
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −9600%	190−200 +9600%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2480%	120−130 +2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −2217%	270−280 +2217%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −12300%	120−130 +12300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −6014%	428 +6014%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −1610%	170−180 +1610%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −397%	150−160 +397%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3080%	150−160 +3080%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Far Cry 5	0−1	110−120
Hitman 3	5−6 −2480%	120−130 +2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −2217%	270−280 +2217%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −5343%	381 +5343%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −1910%	201 +1910%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −348%	139 +348%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−12300%

120−130
+12300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	160−170
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −11100%	110−120 +11100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	90−95
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7900%	80−85 +7900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −8300%	80−85 +8300%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1529%	110−120 +1529%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −5050%	200−210 +5050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	154
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −7900%	240−250 +7900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−4000%

120−130
+4000%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

65−70

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −6600%	65−70 +6600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	60−65
Far Cry 5	0−1	50−55

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4400%

90−95
+4400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	265 +0%	265 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Hitman 3	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	133 +0%	133 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	132 +0%	132 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	62 +0%	62 +0%

This is how NVS 5100M and RTX 4070 SUPER compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 SUPER is 11200% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 SUPER is 14000% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 SUPER is 8700% faster in 4K

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4070 SUPER is 12300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4070 SUPER is ahead in 33 tests (58%)
there's a draw in 24 tests (42%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	78.19
Recency	7 January 2010	8 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	220 Watt

NVS 5100M has 528.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 8307.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 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 GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is a desktop one.

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