NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Pipelines	80 vs 48
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
PassMark - G3D Mark		191
PassMark - G2D Mark		290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		782

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 5100M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	GT2xx	TeraScale
Code name	N10P-NS	M92
Launch date	7 January 2010	1 January 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	1047
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	80
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Floating-point performance		88 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count		242 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		MXM-II
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		11.2 GB / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay