Quadro 5010M vs Tesla M10

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5010M and Tesla M10, 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 Quadro 5010M stacks up against Tesla M10, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 5010M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 5010M 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 Quadro 5010M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5010M Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 225 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 ECC GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M10 has 125% more power consumption, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M10 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M10 has 4 GB more memory, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is used in Mobile workstations, and Tesla M10 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5010M is build with Fermi architecture, and Tesla M10 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M10 is 583 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M10 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M10 is 3900 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 18−20
ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 21−24 35−40
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Quadro 5010M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5010M Tesla M10
Architecture Fermi Maxwell
Code name N12E-Q5 GM107
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 22 February 2011 18 May 2016
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 450 MHz 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 52.24
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1300 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 2.0 5.0
Laptop size large
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