NVIDIA Quadro K2100M vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2100M and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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.

NVIDIA Quadro K2100M

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 254 Watt
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4566 vs 3977
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.107 vs 0.789

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 19 September 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 254 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4566 vs 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.107 vs 0.789

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 667 MHz
7.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 32.02 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 2x 960 vs 576
4x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 768.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 3008 MHz
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 1363
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 287

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 667 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 32.02 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 960 vs 576
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 768.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 3008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534 vs 1363
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 287

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1363

2534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

373

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4566

3977

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.107

0.789

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K2100M	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1363	2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	373
Geekbench - OpenCL	4566	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	358.892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.107	0.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	40.703
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3605
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3605
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K2100M	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK106	Barts
Launch date	23 July 2013	19 September 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$84.95
Place in performance rating	1101	741
Price now	$159.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	667 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.4 gflops	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	576	2x 960
Texture fill rate	32.02 GTexel / s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.0 GB / s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3008 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus