NVS 5100M vs Quadro4 900 XGL

Place in the ranking	1506	1233
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.98
Architecture	Kelvin (2001−2003)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	NV25 A2	GT216
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	19 February 2002 (22 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	no data	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	63 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.400	8.800
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.1162 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	8	16

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).

Interface	AGP 4x	MXM-A (3.0)
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	325 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB/s	25.6 GB/s

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	8.1	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	1.3	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	1.2

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.

Quadro4 900 XGL 0.01

NVS 5100M 0.49
+4800%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro4 900 XGL 4

NVS 5100M 188
+4600%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.01	0.49
Recency	19 February 2002	7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	40 nm

NVS 5100M has a 4800% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 5100M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro4 900 XGL in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro4 900 XGL is a workstation card while NVS 5100M 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.