AMD FirePro M6100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6100 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 4.9x more texture fill rate: 51.6 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 768 vs 144
  • 4.9x better floating-point performance: 1,651 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4.4x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2152 vs 811
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 300 vs 203
  • 4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 52486 vs 12379
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 October 2013 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 768 vs 144
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2152 vs 811
PassMark - G2D Mark 300 vs 203
Geekbench - OpenCL 52486 vs 12379

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 1075 MHz
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3274 vs 1803
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2517
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3274 vs 1803
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2517
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1180 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3274 vs 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 2517
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3274 vs 1803
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 2517

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2152
811
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
300
203
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
52486
12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1803
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2517
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1803
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2517
3350
Name AMD FirePro M6100 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2152 811
PassMark - G2D Mark 300 203
Geekbench - OpenCL 52486 12379
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 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2517 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1803 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2517 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro M6100 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi
Code name Saturn GF106
Launch date 16 October 2013 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 873 876
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1075 MHz 1180 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,651 gflops 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 144
Texture fill rate 51.6 GTexel / s 10.6 billion / sec
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 88 GB / s 60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AppAcceleration
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI