AMD FirePro M5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M5100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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).

AMD FirePro M5100

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5100

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
12.9x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 600 MHz
61.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2103 vs 34
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 October 2013 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2103 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	800 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M5100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

800

266

Name	AMD FirePro M5100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2103	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	800	266
Geekbench - OpenCL	6773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	537.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.052
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M5100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Venus	NV30
Launch date	16 October 2013	21 January 2003
Place in performance rating	648	645
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration