NVIDIA Quadro K2200 vs AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2200 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. 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 K2200

AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2200

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1046 MHz vs 625 MHz
9x more texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 640 vs 160
7.2x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 200 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1066 MHz
13.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3559 vs 260
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 545 vs 208

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 7 April 2011
Core clock speed	1046 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3559 vs 260
PassMark - G2D Mark	545 vs 208

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450A

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 68 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 68 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2200
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3559

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

545

208

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K2200	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
PassMark - G3D Mark	3559	260
PassMark - G2D Mark	545	208
Geekbench - OpenCL	12020
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	588.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	166.26
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4921
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4921
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1671
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1193

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K2200	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM107	Caicos
Launch date	22 July 2014	7 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.75
Place in performance rating	810	807
Price now	$343.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1046 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops	200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	160
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	202 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	8.53 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3