Quadro K5100M vs Radeon HD 7850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K5100M and Radeon HD 7850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro K5100M and Radeon HD 7850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 225 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 125% more power consumption, than Quadro K5100M.
  • Quadro K5100M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7850 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K5100M has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7850.
  • Quadro K5100M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7850 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K5100M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro K5100M and Radeon HD 7850 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K5100M is 2400 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 18−20
ultra / 1080p 8−9 10−12
QHD / 1440p 3−4 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 35−40
medium / 1080p 18−20 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 26% more, than Quadro K5100M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K5100M Radeon HD 7850
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name N15E-Q5-A2 Pitcairn
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 23 July 2013 5 March 2012
Pipelines 1536 1024
Core clock speed 771 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 98.69 55.04
Floating-point performance 2,369 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 35 Mh/s 249 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.5 Mh/s
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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