NVIDIA Quadro M1000M vs AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M1000M 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, 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 M1000M

AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M1000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 625 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 512 vs 160
5.1x better floating-point performance: 1,017 gflops vs 200 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.7x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1066 MHz
11x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2852 vs 260
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 208

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 7 April 2011
Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,017 gflops vs 200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2852 vs 260
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 208

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 40 Watt
256x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 2 GB / 4 GB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 2 GB / 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2852

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

208

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M1000M	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
PassMark - G3D Mark	2852	260
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	208
Geekbench - OpenCL	8849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	38.33
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	721.18
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	42.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	137.786
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4196
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4196
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1002

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M1000M	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM107	Caicos
Launch date	18 August 2015	7 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$200.89
Place in performance rating	811	808
Price now	$203.37
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	16.10
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1072 MHz
Core clock speed	993 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,017 gflops	200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	160
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 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	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB / 4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	8.53 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus