NVIDIA Quadro K5100M vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5100M and ATI Radeon HD 5850 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 98.69 GTexel / s vs 52.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 7% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1440
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 2,369 gflops vs 2,088.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3163 vs 1970
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6747 vs 3806
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6747 vs 3806
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 July 2013 vs 30 September 2009
Core clock speed 771 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 98.69 GTexel / s vs 52.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1440
Floating-point performance 2,369 gflops vs 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3163 vs 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6747 vs 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3362 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6747 vs 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3362 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 400 vs 363
  • 3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33977 vs 11427
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 16.467 vs 5.972
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1109.612 vs 355.305
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.541 vs 1.022
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 42.08 vs 15.706
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 400 vs 363
Geekbench - OpenCL 33977 vs 11427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.467 vs 5.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1109.612 vs 355.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.541 vs 1.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 42.08 vs 15.706

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3163
1970
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
363
400
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11427
33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.972
16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
355.305
1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.022
1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.706
42.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6747
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3362
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6747
3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3362
3358
Name NVIDIA Quadro K5100M ATI Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 3163 1970
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 400
Geekbench - OpenCL 11427 33977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.972 16.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 355.305 1109.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.022 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.706 42.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 34.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6747 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3362 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6747 3806
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3362 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M ATI Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Cypress
Launch date 23 July 2013 30 September 2009
Place in performance rating 763 765
Price now $309.99
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.80
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $299

Technical info

Core clock speed 771 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,369 gflops 2,088.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1536 1440
Texture fill rate 98.69 GTexel / s 52.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million
Boost clock speed 725 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port 1.2
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Shader Model 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity