NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M vs ATI Radeon HD 4855
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M and ATI Radeon HD 4855 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 110 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 110 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4855
- Around 5% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
- 4.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Core clock speed | 575 MHz vs 550 MHz |
Pipelines | 640 vs 48 |
Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M | ATI Radeon HD 4855 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GT2xx | TeraScale |
Code name | N10P-NS | RV770 |
Launch date | 7 January 2010 | 3 January 2010 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 575 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 48 | 640 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 110 Watt |
Floating-point performance | 736.0 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 18.4 GTexel / s | |
Transistor count | 956 million | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Laptop size | medium sized | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Length | 220 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 3600 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |