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NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M is a workstation graphics card released on July 23, 2013, built on the Kepler architecture. It has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 771 MHz and a 100 W board power rating. It scores 3,323 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

KeplerGK104Workstation

6/10 key specs recorded · 22 facts

Depth: 31 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

8 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

771 MHz base

Board power

100 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M scores 3,323 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 74.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #720), measured across 187 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 351.

PassMark G3D Mark

3,323

Rank #720
Faster than 74.3% of 2,658 GPUs
187 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 65 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 65.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 13 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 54.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 28 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 57.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 11 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 38.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 1,646 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 60.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M averages DirectX 9 65 fps, DirectX 10 13 fps, DirectX 11 28 fps, DirectX 12 11 fps and GPU Compute 1,646 ops/s, across 187 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 8 GB

Core clock 771 MHz

Memory clock 900,(3600) MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 100 W

First benchmarked 2014-01-21

Samples 187

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 771 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2014-01-21. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Kepler

Codename GK104

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M is based on the Kepler architecture and uses the GK104 graphics processor.

Clock speeds

Base clock 771 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M runs at a base clock of 771 MHz.

Memory

Size 8 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M has a board power rating of 100 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 100 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched July 23, 2013

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M was released on July 23, 2013.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 3,323

PassMark G2D 351

Rank #720

Samples 187

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA Quadro K5100M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA Quadro K5100M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M have?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M has a board power rating of 100 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M scores 3,323 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 74.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #720. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 11 fps.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M use?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M released?

The NVIDIA Quadro K5100M was released on July 23, 2013.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Kepler (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GK104 -> Kepler. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.