NVIDIA Quadro 5010M vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 5010M and ATI FireGL V8650 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 Quadro 5010M

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 5010M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 2600 MHz vs 1736 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1772 vs 550

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 February 2011 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2600 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1772 vs 550

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

Around 53% higher core clock speed: 688 MHz vs 450 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 315

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	688 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 315

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 5010M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1772

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

315

637

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 5010M	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	1772	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	315	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	16261
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 5010M	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF110	R600
Launch date	22 February 2011	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	567	405
Price now	$235.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	10.17
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2600 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5 ECC	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
ECC (Error Correcting Code)