Quadro K5100M vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K5100M and Radeon R9 380, 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 K5100M stacks up against Radeon R9 380, check out specs charts below.

Quadro K5100M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro K5100M 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 K5100M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K5100M Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 90% more power consumption, than Quadro K5100M.
  • Quadro K5100M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K5100M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 380.
  • Quadro K5100M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K5100M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • Quadro K5100M and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K5100M is 2630 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 8−9 21−24
QHD / 1440p 3−4 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 30−35 60−65
medium / 1080p 18−20 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Quadro K5100M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K5100M Radeon R9 380
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name N15E-Q5-A2 Tonga Pro
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 23 July 2013 26 June 2015
Pipelines 1536 1792
Core clock speed 771 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 98.69 108.6
Floating-point performance 2,369 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 35 Mh/s 404 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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