NVIDIA Quadro K3100M vs AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K3100M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 9x more texture fill rate: 45.18 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
  • 4.8x more pipelines: 768 vs 160
  • 5.4x better floating-point performance: 1,084 gflops vs 200.0 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
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 7.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 288
  • 9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6033 vs 668
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2502 vs 902
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2616 vs 1592
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2502 vs 902
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2616 vs 1592
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 July 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed 706 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 45.18 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 160
Floating-point performance 1,084 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2263 vs 288
Geekbench - OpenCL 6033 vs 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2502 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2616 vs 1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2502 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2616 vs 1592

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450A

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 324
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 385 vs 324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2263
288
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
324
385
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6033
668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2502
902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2616
1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2502
902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2616
1592
Name NVIDIA Quadro K3100M AMD Radeon HD 7450A
PassMark - G3D Mark 2263 288
PassMark - G2D Mark 324 385
Geekbench - OpenCL 6033 668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 426.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 38.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2502 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2616 1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2502 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2616 1592
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K3100M AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Caicos
Launch date 23 July 2013 5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $1,999
Place in performance rating 1074 1076
Price now $1,999
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 1.38

Technical info

Core clock speed 706 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,084 gflops 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 160
Texture fill rate 45.18 GTexel / s 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Display Port 1.2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Shader Model 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus