AMD FirePro M2000 vs NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M2000 and NVIDIA NVS 5100M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
  • 10x more pipelines: 480 vs 48
  • 4.1x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 425 vs 200
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 206 vs 62
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 July 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 480 vs 48
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 425 vs 200
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5100M

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 5.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6549 vs 1168
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2747 vs 1709
  • Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2747 vs 1709
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6549 vs 1168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2747 vs 1709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2747 vs 1709

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 5100M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
425
200
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
206
62
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1168
6549
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1709
2747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1709
2747
Name AMD FirePro M2000 NVIDIA NVS 5100M
PassMark - G3D Mark 425 200
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 62
Geekbench - OpenCL 1168 6549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.284
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.801
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 544
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1498
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1709 2747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 544
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1498
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1709 2747

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M2000 NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Turks GT216
Launch date 1 July 2012 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1487 1490
Type Mobile workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 116.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 480 48
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s 8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 486 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support n / a
Form factor chip-down
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0