AMD FirePro M5100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M5100 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 M5100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 720 MHz
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 534
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 40.642 vs 35.434
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 108.052 vs 56.706
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 3571
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3336
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 3571
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3336
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 October 2013 vs 23 October 2012
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 720 MHz
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 800 vs 534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.642 vs 35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 108.052 vs 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

  • 3x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 31 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4138 vs 2103
  • Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12216 vs 6773
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.421 vs 22.202
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 734.936 vs 537.558
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.31 vs 2.245
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5683 vs 2926
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5683 vs 2926
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion / sec vs 31 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 640
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4138 vs 2103
Geekbench - OpenCL 12216 vs 6773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.421 vs 22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 734.936 vs 537.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.31 vs 2.245
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5683 vs 2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5683 vs 2926

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2103
4138
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
800
534
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6773
12216
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.202
25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
537.558
734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.245
2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.642
35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
108.052
56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2926
5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2926
5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3713
3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3336
Name AMD FirePro M5100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
PassMark - G3D Mark 2103 4138
PassMark - G2D Mark 800 534
Geekbench - OpenCL 6773 12216
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.202 25.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 537.558 734.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.245 2.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.642 35.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 108.052 56.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2926 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2926 5683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 3571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3336

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M5100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Venus
Launch date 16 October 2013 23 October 2012
Place in performance rating 647 650
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Core clock speed 725 MHz 720 MHz
Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 1536
Texture fill rate 31 GTexel / s 92.2 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,500 million 3540 Million
CUDA cores 1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 122 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA