NVIDIA Quadro K5100M vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5100M and ATI 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

ATI Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 600 MHz
20.6x more texture fill rate: 98.69 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
19.2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 80
24.7x better floating-point performance: 2,369 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1310 MHz
13x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3072 vs 236
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3362 vs 558
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3362 vs 558

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 30 September 2008
Core clock speed	771 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1310 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3072 vs 236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 558
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 558

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4550

4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 429 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	429 vs 366

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3072

236

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

429

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

558

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

558

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	ATI Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark	3072	236
PassMark - G2D Mark	366	429
Geekbench - OpenCL	11520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	355.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	34.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362	558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362	558

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	ATI Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	RV710
Launch date	23 July 2013	30 September 2008
Place in performance rating	761	763
Price now	$309.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.80
Launch price (MSRP)		$59
Technical info
Core clock speed	771 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536	80
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	10.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1310 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus