NVIDIA Quadro K5100M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5100M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
5.2x more texture fill rate: 98.69 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
24x more pipelines: 1536 vs 64
12.3x better floating-point performance: 2,369 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3191 vs 679
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 350 vs 308
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3362 vs 3221
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3362 vs 3221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s vs 19 billion / sec
Pipelines	1536 vs 64
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3191 vs 679
PassMark - G2D Mark	350 vs 308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 3221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 771 MHz
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 100 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 771 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3191

679

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

350

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

3221

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

3221

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3191	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	350	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	11427
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	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362	3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G94
Launch date	23 July 2013	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	775	778
Price now	$309.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	13.80
Technical info
Core clock speed	771 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1536	64
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s	19 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		288
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
Display Port	1.2
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD