NVIDIA Quadro K510M vs AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K510M and AMD Radeon HD 6450A 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro K510M

AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K510M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 846 MHz vs 625 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 13.54 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 192 vs 160
Around 62% better floating-point performance: 324.9 gflops vs 200 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1066 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 641 vs 260
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 208

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 7 April 2011
Core clock speed	846 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.54 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 160
Floating-point performance	324.9 gflops vs 200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	641 vs 260
PassMark - G2D Mark	441 vs 208

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 30 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K510M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

641

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

441

208

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K510M	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
PassMark - G3D Mark	641	260
PassMark - G2D Mark	441	208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2012
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2012
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3071
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3071

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K510M	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK208	Caicos
Launch date	23 July 2013	7 April 2011
Place in performance rating	845	847
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	846 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	324.9 gflops	200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	160
Texture fill rate	13.54 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1270 Million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	8.53 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus