NVIDIA Quadro K5100M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5100M and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 475 MHz
51.9x more texture fill rate: 98.69 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
128x more pipelines: 1536 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
29.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3072 vs 105
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 366 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	771 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3072 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	366 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3072

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

228

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	3072	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	366	228
Geekbench - OpenCL	11544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	355.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	34.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	M66
Launch date	23 July 2013	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	761	758
Price now	$309.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	13.80
Technical info
Core clock speed	771 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536	12
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		475 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
Powerplay 6.0