Quadro 5010M vs Quadro P400

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5010M and Quadro P400, 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 Quadro P400, 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 Quadro P400
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 30 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 ECC GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro 5010M has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro P400.
  • Quadro 5010M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro P400 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5010M has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P400.
  • Quadro 5010M is used in Mobile workstations, and Quadro P400 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5010M is build with Fermi architecture, and Quadro P400 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P400 is 778 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro P400 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P400 is 2708 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 7−8
ultra / 1080p 6−7 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5010M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Quadro P400.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5010M Quadro P400
Architecture Fermi Pascal
Code name N12E-Q5 GP107
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 22 February 2011 7 February 2017
Pipelines 384 256
Core clock speed 450 MHz 1228 MHz
Boost Clock 1252 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 20.03
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 679.9 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1300 MHz 4008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 32.06 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.0 6.1
Laptop size large
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