NVIDIA Quadro K3100M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K3100M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 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 K3100M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 550 MHz
10.3x more texture fill rate: 45.18 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
9.6x more pipelines: 768 vs 80
12.3x better floating-point performance: 1,084 gflops vs 88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1400 MHz
11.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 191
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 290
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2616 vs 782
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2616 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 1 January 2010
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	45.18 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,084 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 191
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2616 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2616 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2616

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2616

782

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K3100M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	191
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	290
Geekbench - OpenCL	6076
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)	1.468
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2616	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2616	782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K3100M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	M92
Launch date	23 July 2013	1 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1060	1062
Price now	$1,999
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,084 gflops	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	80
Texture fill rate	45.18 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	242 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-II
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay