NVS 2100M vs Radeon R5 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Carrizo) with NVS 2100M, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.84
+411%

R5 (Carrizo) outperforms NVS 2100M by a whopping 411% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9191279
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.602.24
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameCarrizoGT218
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date4 June 2015 (9 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 cores25616
Core clock speedno data535 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million260 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt11 Watt
Texture fill rateno data4.280
Floating-point processing powerno data0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data790 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.64 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-1.2

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 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+25%
27−30
−25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+25%
27−30
−25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Hitman 3 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+25%
27−30
−25%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

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

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

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 (Carrizo) is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R5 (Carrizo) surpassed NVS 2100M in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.84 0.36
Recency 4 June 2015 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 11 Watt

R5 (Carrizo) has a 411.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 2100M, on the other hand, has 9.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 2100M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is a notebook graphics card while NVS 2100M is a mobile workstation one.


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