AMD FirePro M6100 vs AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6100 and AMD Radeon HD 6450A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD FirePro M6100

AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1075 MHz vs 625 MHz
10.3x more texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 768 vs 160
8.3x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 200 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
5.2x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1066 MHz
9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2338 vs 260
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 291 vs 208

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 October 2013 vs 7 April 2011
Core clock speed	1075 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops vs 200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2338 vs 260
PassMark - G2D Mark	291 vs 208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2338

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

291

208

Name	AMD FirePro M6100	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
PassMark - G3D Mark	2338	260
PassMark - G2D Mark	291	208
Geekbench - OpenCL	52486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	39.059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	750.731
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	57.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	166.915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2517
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2517
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M6100	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Saturn	Caicos
Launch date	16 October 2013	7 April 2011
Place in performance rating	844	847
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1075 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,651 gflops	200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	160
Texture fill rate	51.6 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	370 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	88 GB / s	8.53 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration