NVIDIA Quadro K2100M vs AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2100M and AMD Radeon HD 7450A 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 7450A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 625 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 32.02 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 576 vs 160
3.8x better floating-point performance: 768.4 gflops vs 200.0 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
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 3008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1363 vs 288
6.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4566 vs 668
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3605 vs 902
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3362 vs 1592
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3605 vs 902
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3362 vs 1592

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.02 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	576 vs 160
Floating-point performance	768.4 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1363 vs 288
Geekbench - OpenCL	4566 vs 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3605 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3605 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 1592

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450A

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 55 Watt
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 287

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 55 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 287

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1363

288

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

287

385

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4566

668

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3605

902

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

1592

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3605

902

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

1592

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K2100M	AMD Radeon HD 7450A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1363	288
PassMark - G2D Mark	287	385
Geekbench - OpenCL	4566	668
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
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	902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362	1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3605	902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362	1592
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K2100M	AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK106	Caicos
Launch date	23 July 2013	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$84.95
Place in performance rating	1101	1102
Price now	$159.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	667 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.4 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	576	160
Texture fill rate	32.02 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus