FirePro M5100 vs GeForce 820A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro M5100 and GeForce 820A, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro M5100 stacks up against GeForce 820A, check out specs charts below.

FirePro M5100 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: FirePro M5100 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro M5100 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro M5100 GeForce 820A
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • FirePro M5100 is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and GeForce 820A uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro M5100 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 820A.
  • FirePro M5100 is used in Mobile workstations, and GeForce 820A - in Desktops.
  • FirePro M5100 is build with GCN architecture, and GeForce 820A - with Fermi 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 820A is 50 MHz higher, than FirePro M5100.
  • FirePro M5100 and GeForce 820A are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro M5100 is 2700 MHz higher, than GeForce 820A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 0−1
ultra / 1080p 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 1−2
medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro M5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than GeForce 820A.

Full Specs

  FirePro M5100 GeForce 820A
Architecture GCN Fermi 2.0
Code name Venus GF117
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 October 2013 17 March 2014
Pipelines 640 96
Core clock speed 725 MHz 775 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 585 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.00 12.40
Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops 297.6 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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