NVIDIA Quadro K4100M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4100M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K4100M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.9x more texture fill rate: 67.78 GTexel / s vs 17.28 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 1152 vs 144
3.9x better floating-point performance: 1,627 gflops vs 414.7 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2756 vs 1105
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8807 vs 3673
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.487 vs 10.32
Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 600.985 vs 306.536
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.281 vs 0.883
Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.452 vs 18.564
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 61.984 vs 35.369

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 14 May 2011
Texture fill rate	67.78 GTexel / s vs 17.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 144
Floating-point performance	1,627 gflops vs 414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2756 vs 1105
Geekbench - OpenCL	8807 vs 3673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.487 vs 10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	600.985 vs 306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.281 vs 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.452 vs 18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	61.984 vs 35.369

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 706 MHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1893 vs 1105
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3323 vs 1974
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3246
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1893 vs 1105
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3323 vs 1974
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3246

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 706 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893 vs 1105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3323 vs 1974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893 vs 1105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3323 vs 1974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3246

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2756

1105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

325

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8807

3673

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.487

10.32

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

600.985

306.536

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.281

0.883

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.452

18.564

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

61.984

35.369

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1105

1893

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1974

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3246

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1105

1893

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1974

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3246

3356

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K4100M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
PassMark - G3D Mark	2756	1105
PassMark - G2D Mark	325	325
Geekbench - OpenCL	8807	3673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.487	10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	600.985	306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.281	0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.452	18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	61.984	35.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1105	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1974	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3246	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1105	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1974	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3246	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K4100M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK104	GF116
Launch date	23 July 2013	14 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	$149
Place in performance rating	1084	1086
Price now	$379.99	$55.59
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.50	26.90
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	720 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,627 gflops	414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1152	144
Texture fill rate	67.78 GTexel / s	17.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,170 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus