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NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Graphics Processor
GT216
Cores
48
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The NVS 5100M was a professional mobile graphics chip by NVIDIA, launched on January 7th, 2010. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the GT216 graphics processor, in its N10P-NS variant, the chip supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_1, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The GT216 graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 100 mm² and 486 million transistors. It features 48 shading units, 16 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 1,024 MB GDDR3 memory with the NVS 5100M, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 550 MHz, memory is running at 800 MHz.
Being a mxm module card, the NVIDIA NVS 5100M does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 35 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GT216
GPU Variant
N10P-NS
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
486 million
Density
4.9M / mm²
Die Size
100 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-969

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
Jan 7th, 2010
Generation
NVS Mobile
(x100M)
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
Reviews
26 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
15404%
GeForce RTX 4090
11749%
GeForce RTX 5080
10151%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
9063%
GeForce RTX 4080
8987%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
8981%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
8852%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
8458%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
7733%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
7592%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
7585%
Radeon RX 9070
7577%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
6943%
GeForce RTX 5070
6873%
GeForce RTX 3090
6772%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
6683%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
6469%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
6369%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
6265%
GeForce RTX 4070
6179%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
6117%
GeForce RTX 3080
6020%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
6002%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
5790%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
5375%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
5342%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
5263%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
5102%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
5092%
Radeon RX 6800
4921%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
4886%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
4816%
GeForce RTX 3070
4764%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
4724%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
4703%
GeForce RTX 5060
4630%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
4170%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
4096%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
3806%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
3773%
GeForce RTX 4060
3762%
Arc B580
3755%
GeForce RTX 5050
3659%
GeForce RTX 2080
3630%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
3550%
Radeon RX 7600
3545%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
3375%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
3339%
Arc A770
3335%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
3215%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
3168%
Radeon VII
3160%
Arc A750
3097%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
3026%
GeForce RTX 2070
2983%
Radeon RX 6600
2848%
Arc A580
2767%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
2763%
Radeon RX Vega 64
2645%
GeForce RTX 2060
2561%
Radeon RX 5700
2548%
GeForce GTX 1080
2500%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
2453%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
2431%
Radeon RX Vega 56
2309%
GeForce GTX 1070
2226%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
2108%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
2106%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
1995%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
1984%
Radeon R9 FURY X
1961%
GeForce GTX 1660
1939%
Radeon RX 590
1831%
Radeon R9 FURY
1785%
GeForce GTX 980
1763%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
1746%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
1723%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
1709%
Radeon RX 580
1696%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
1652%
Radeon R9 390X
1629%
GeForce GTX 690
1609%
Radeon RX 480
1596%
Radeon HD 7990
1588%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
1559%
GeForce GTX 970
1518%
Radeon R9 290X
1514%
Radeon R9 390
1490%
Radeon RX 570
1472%
Radeon R9 290
1397%
Radeon RX 470
1378%
GeForce GTX 1650
1297%
Radeon RX 6400
1271%
Arc A380
1254%
GeForce GTX 780
1252%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
1130%
GeForce GTX 590
1129%
Radeon R9 280X
1113%
Radeon HD 6990
1087%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
1036%
GeForce GTX 680
1012%
Radeon R9 380
1002%
Radeon HD 7970
1002%
GeForce GTX 770
999%
Radeon R9 285
992%
GeForce GTX 960
961%
GeForce GTX 670
937%
Radeon HD 5970
847%
GeForce GTX 1630
846%
Radeon HD 7950
831%
GeForce GTX 1050
829%
GeForce GTX 760
823%
GeForce GTX 580
822%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
819%
Radeon R9 270X
808%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
789%
GeForce GTX 950
782%
Radeon RX 560
737%
GeForce GTX 570
725%
GeForce GTX 660
723%
Radeon RX 460
720%
Radeon R7 370
720%
Radeon HD 6970
695%
GeForce GTX 480
664%
Radeon HD 7850
653%
GeForce GTX 295
640%
Radeon HD 6950
619%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
616%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
605%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
602%
Radeon HD 5870
583%
Radeon HD 6870
547%
GeForce GTX 470
528%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
505%
Radeon HD 5850
496%
GeForce GTX 285
462%
Radeon HD 6850
454%
GeForce GTX 280
424%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
423%
GeForce GTX 275
422%
GeForce GT 1030
419%
GeForce GTX 460
411%
Radeon HD 4890
397%
Radeon HD 6790
390%
Radeon HD 5830
371%
GeForce GTX 650
350%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
348%
Radeon HD 4870
343%
GeForce GTX 260
339%
Radeon HD 5770
333%
Radeon HD 7750
331%
Radeon HD 5750
289%
GeForce GTS 450
280%
GeForce GTS 250
272%
Radeon HD 4850
265%
Radeon HD 4770
252%
Radeon HD 4830
236%
Radeon HD 6670
229%
GeForce 9800 GT
220%
GeForce GT 640
212%
Radeon HD 5670
198%
GeForce 9600 GT
187%
GeForce GT 240
163%
GeForce GT 440
159%
Radeon HD 4670
151%
Radeon HD 5570
139%
GeForce GT 430
137%
GeForce GT 220
105%
NVS 5100M
100%
GeForce GT 520
85%
Radeon HD 6450
80%
Radeon HD 5450
69%
Radeon HD 4550
53%
GeForce 9400 GT
43%
GeForce 210
34%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
550 MHz
Shader Clock
1210 MHz
Memory Clock
800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
25.60 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
48
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
SM Count
6
L2 Cache
64 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
4.400 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
8.800 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
116.2 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
MXM Module
TDP
35 W
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
P699 SKU 5

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
1.2
Shader Model
4.1

GT216 GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP4
VDPAU: Feature Set C

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 340.52
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96
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