NVIDIA Quadro K5100M vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5100M and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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 Radeon X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 500 MHz
16.4x more texture fill rate: 98.69 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 990 MHz
21.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3072 vs 141

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	771 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3072 vs 141

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 415 vs 366

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	415 vs 366

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3072

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

415

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
PassMark - G3D Mark	3072	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	366	415
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 Radeon X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	R520
Launch date	23 July 2013	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	761	377
Price now	$309.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.80
Technical info
Core clock speed	771 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus