NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA Quadro K5100M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 771 MHz
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3374 vs 3191
9.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 5.972
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 355.305
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 1.022
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 15.706
5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 34.772

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 23 July 2013
Core clock speed	1096 MHz vs 771 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3374 vs 3191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294 vs 5.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.325 vs 355.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.692 vs 1.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794 vs 15.706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513 vs 34.772

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

2.1x more texture fill rate: 98.69 GTexel / s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 640
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 2,369 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 350 vs 246
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11427 vs 10948
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6747 vs 5264
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6747 vs 5264

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops vs 1,505 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	350 vs 246
Geekbench - OpenCL	11427 vs 10948
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6747 vs 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6747 vs 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3374

3191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

246

350

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10948

11427

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

54.294

5.972

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

795.325

355.305

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.692

1.022

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.794

15.706

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

174.513

34.772

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

6747

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5264

6747

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3362

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3374	3191
PassMark - G2D Mark	246	350
Geekbench - OpenCL	10948	11427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.294	5.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.325	355.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.692	1.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.794	15.706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	174.513	34.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1231

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM107	GK104
Launch date	13 March 2015	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	773	775
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$309.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.80
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1096 MHz	771 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,505 gflops	2,369 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	1536
Texture fill rate	47.04 GTexel / s	98.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Display Port		1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model		5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management