NVIDIA Quadro K5100M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5100M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 81% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 425 MHz
19.4x more texture fill rate: 98.69 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
21.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3217 vs 149
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 347 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	771 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3217 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	347 vs 235

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 83 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3217

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

235

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	3217	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	347	235
Geekbench - OpenCL	11613
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	NV41
Launch date	23 July 2013	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	761	762
Price now	$309.99	$138.75
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.80	1.38
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Technical info
Core clock speed	771 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	83 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus