NVS 510 vs Quadro NVS 5100M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro NVS 5100M with NVS 510, including specs and performance data.

NVS 5100M
2010
1 GB DDR3, 35 Watt
0.93

NVS 510 outperforms NVS 5100M by an impressive 92% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1118917
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.07
Power efficiency1.843.54
ArchitectureGT2xx (2010)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameN10P-NSGK107
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)23 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores48192
Core clock speed550 MHz797 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.75
Floating-point processing powerno data0.306 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data16

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data160 mm
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz891 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.51 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 data4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

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 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−75%
21−24
+75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−77.4%
55−60
+77.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−75%
21−24
+75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−80%
18−20
+80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−77.4%
55−60
+77.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−75%
21−24
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−80%
18−20
+80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−77.4%
55−60
+77.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

1440p
High Preset

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

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.93 1.79
Recency 7 January 2010 23 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

NVS 510 has a 92.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 510 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 NVS 510 is a workstation one.


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