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NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M is a high-end, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.3 compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a Kepler-based GPU built on the GK104 chip with all 1536 shader cores activated and is manufactured in 28nm at TSMC. The Quadro K5100M is built for the Intel Shark Bay generation (Haswell) and as a successor to the Quadro K5000M (Chief River platform). As a new feature, PCIe 3.0 is supported for the first time. The K5100M usually comes with 8 GB GDDR5 VRAM clocked at 900 MHz (3600 MHz effective, 115.2 GB/s). 

The Quadro series offers certified drivers that are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC. OpenGL performance, for example, should be significantly better compared to GeForce graphics cards of similar specifications.

Architecture

The Kepler architecture is the successor to the Fermi architecture that first appeared in laptops with the GeForce 400M series. The GK104 Kepler core offers eight shader blocks, called SMX, that are clocked at the same speed as the central core. In the K5100M, all 8 blocks are active leading to the 1536 CUDA cores. Although more shader cores are available in the Kepler architecture as compared to the Fermi design, the Kepler shaders are still expected to be up to twice as power efficient. However, due to the missing hot clock of the shader domain, two shaders of a Kepler chip offer similar performance to just one shader of a Fermi chip (as the latter is clocked twice as fast).

Performance

The 3D gaming performance of the K5100M is clearly above the old Quadro K5000M, but about 10 percent below the slightly higher clocked GTX 780M. Nevertheless, most demanding games of 2013 will run fluently with maxed out details and very high resolutions.

Features

The improved feature set now includes support for up to 4 active displays. Furthermore, high resolution monitors of up to 3840 x 2160 pixels can now be connected using DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a if available. HD-Audio codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, can be transmitted via bitstream mode through the HDMI port. However, as most laptops will feature Optimus, the integrated GPU will likely have direct control over the display ports and may limit the feature set available by the Nvidia Kepler cards.

Using CUDA or OpenCL 1.2, the cores of the Quadro K5100M can be used for general calculations.

The 5th generation PureVideo HD video processor (VP5) is also integrated in the GK104 core and offers hardware decoding of HD videos. Common codecs such as MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264 and VC1/WMV9 are fully supported up to 4K resolutions while VC1 and MPEG-4 are supported up to 1080p. Two streams can be decoded in parallel for features such as Picture-in-Picture. Another novelty is the inclusion of a dedicated video encoding engine similar to Intel QuickSync that can be accessed by the NVENC API.

Power Consumption

The power consumption of the Quadro K5100M is rated at a TGP of 100 W including the board and memory components. Therefore, the card is suited for large notebooks with 17-inch displays or greater.

Quadro K Series

Quadro K5100M 1536 @ 0.77 GHz256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
Quadro K5000M compare 1344 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K4100M compare 1152 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K4000M compare 960 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K3100M compare 768 @ 0.71 GHz256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K3000M compare 576 @ 0.65 GHz256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K2100M compare 576 @ 0.67 GHz128 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K1100M compare 384 @ 0.71 GHz128 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K620M compare 384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Quadro K2000M compare 384 @ 0.75 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K1000M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K610M compare 192 @ 0.95 GHz64 Bit @ 2600 MHz
Quadro K510M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 2400 MHz
Quadro K500M compare 192 @ 0.85 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameN15E-Q5-A2
ArchitectureKepler
Pipelines1536 - unified
Core Speed771 MHz
Memory Speed3600 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory8 GB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3
Power Consumption100 Watt
Transistor Count3.5 Billion
technology28 nm
FeaturesOptimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, OpenCL 1.2, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement23.07.2013
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
2.2 pt (7%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 24627     avg: 24910     median: 24910 (33%)     max: 25193 Points
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 48.74     avg: 49.5     median: 49.5 (28%)     max: 50.3 fps
specvp11 sw-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 49.03     avg: 53.6     median: 53.6 (41%)     max: 58.1 fps
specvp11 proe-05 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 11.01     avg: 13.4     median: 13.4 (16%)     max: 15.77 fps
specvp11 maya-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 57.6     avg: 70.7     median: 70.7 (53%)     max: 83.7 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 52     avg: 59.4     median: 59.4 (64%)     max: 66.7 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 +
specvp11 catia-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
min: 47.91     avg: 55.9     median: 55.9 (29%)     max: 63.9 fps
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
65  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
54  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
33  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
23  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
11  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
70.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
44  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
25  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.5  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
9.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
401.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
147.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
81.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
39  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
32.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
184.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
145.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
58.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
37.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Evolve

Evolve

2015
low 1024x768
103.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
79.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
43.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
38.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
143.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
103.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
37.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Far Cry 4

Far Cry 4

2014
low 1024x768
112.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
89.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
40.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
31  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
58.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
42.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
28.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
16.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
112.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
75.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
46.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
28.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
F1 2014

F1 2014

2014
low 1024x768
120  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
119  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
119  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
108  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
80.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
64.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
33.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
31.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
205.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
143.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
79.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
54.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
125.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1344x756
84.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
45.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
35.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Fifa 15

Fifa 15

2014
low 1280x720
299.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
213.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
153  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
77.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Sims 4

Sims 4

2014
low 1024x768
180  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
132.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
96.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
77.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
319.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
176.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
119.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
58.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
111.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
84.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
35.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
57.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
50.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
49.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
45.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
169.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
122.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
89.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
36.5  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
19.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
F1 2013

F1 2013

2013
low 1024x768
118  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
119  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
119  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
107  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
61.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
58 59 ~ 59 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
39.8 58 ~ 49 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.5 20 ~ 20 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
med. 1366x768
91  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
60  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
33  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
med. 1366x768
157  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
132  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
49  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
med. 1366x768
122  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
106  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
65  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
med. 1366x768
203  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
128  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
58  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Crysis 3

Crysis 3

2013
low 1024x768
136.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
92.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
63.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
25.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
high 1366x768
58  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
39  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
med. 1366x768
123  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
91  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
31  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Batman: Arkham Knight6554332311
The Witcher 370.8442513.59.6
Dirt Rally401.9147.481.53932.3
Battlefield Hardline184.5145.558.937.7
Evolve103.279.143.438.1
Dragon Age: Inquisition143.4103.537.525.9
Far Cry 4112.489.440.431
Assassin's Creed Unity58.142.628.816.2
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare112.875.946.928.3
F1 2014120119119108
Ryse: Son of Rome80.864.733.731.7
Alien: Isolation205.1143.479.854.8
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor125.984.245.735.8
Fifa 15299.7213.215377.4
Sims 4180132.696.377.9
GRID: Autosport319.7176.3119.458.8
Watch Dogs111.384.935.325.8
Thief57.450.749.645.4
Battlefield 4169.6122.689.536.519.8
F1 2013118119119107
Company of Heroes 261.8594920
Metro: Last Light916033
BioShock Infinite15713249
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm12210665
Tomb Raider20312858
Crysis 3136.192.163.425.8
Guild Wars 25839
Sleeping Dogs1239131
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