NVIDIA NVS 5100M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 5100M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 5100M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
2.5x better floating-point performance: 116.16 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 189 vs 121
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6549 vs 2851

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	189 vs 121
Geekbench - OpenCL	6549 vs 2851

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 106 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	606 MHz vs 550 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	106 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 5100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

189

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6549

2851

Name	NVIDIA NVS 5100M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
PassMark - G3D Mark	189	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	106
Geekbench - OpenCL	6549	2851
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2747

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 5100M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT216	GT218
Launch date	7 January 2010	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1474	1475
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	606 MHz
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops	46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	16
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA