Radeon 680M vs Quadro NVS 5100M

Place in the ranking	1121	336
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.85	22.28
Architecture	GT2xx (2010)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	N10P-NS	Rembrandt+
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year 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	48	768
Core clock speed	550 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	105.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	3.379 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	DDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
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

Portable Device Dependent

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	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. 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.

NVS 5100M 0.93

Radeon 680M 15.98
+1618%

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.

NVS 5100M 2634

Radeon 680M 34600
+1214%

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 −1750%	37 +1750%
1440p	0−1	17
4K	0−1	11

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−1200%

39
+1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −680%	35−40 +680%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −867%	29 +867%
Far Cry 5	0−1	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −2250%	45−50 +2250%
Hitman 3	5−6 −540%	32 +540%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −617%	85−90 +617%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −714%	55−60 +714%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −174%	85−90 +174%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −680%	35−40 +680%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −600%	21 +600%
Far Cry 5	0−1	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −2250%	45−50 +2250%
Hitman 3	5−6 −500%	30 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −617%	85−90 +617%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −571%	47 +571%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −174%	85−90 +174%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −680%	35−40 +680%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1067%	35−40 +1067%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −467%	17 +467%
Far Cry 5	0−1	40−45
Hitman 3	5−6 −440%	27 +440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −258%	43 +258%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −471%	40 +471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −140%	24 +140%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +72.2%	18 −72.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−4600%

45−50
+4600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	18−20
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1000%	11 +1000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Hitman 3	7−8 −186%	20−22 +186%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	17
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −3400%	100−110 +3400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−867%

27−30
+867%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

12−14

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	8−9
Far Cry 5	0−1	9−10

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−650%

14−16
+650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +0%	38 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	31 +0%	31 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27 +0%	27 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +0%	13 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4 +0%	4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14 +0%	14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

This is how NVS 5100M and Radeon 680M compete in popular games:

Radeon 680M is 1750% faster in 1080p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the NVS 5100M is 72% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 680M is 4600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

NVS 5100M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Radeon 680M is ahead in 37 tests (59%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (40%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	15.98
Recency	7 January 2010	3 January 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt

NVS 5100M has 42.9% lower power consumption.

Radeon 680M, on the other hand, has a 1618.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 680M 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 Radeon 680M is a mobile workstation one.

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