AMD FirePro M4100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

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Combined performance score

GTS 450 Rev. 2
4.38
+60.4%

GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms FirePro M4100 by 60% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking625762
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGF116Mars
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years old)1 October 2013 (10 years old)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192384
Core clock speed783 MHz670 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Wattno data
Texture fill rate25.0616.08
Floating-point performance601.3 gflops514.6 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and FirePro M4100 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3608 MHz4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s64 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD16−18
+45.5%
11
−45.5%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.38 2.73
Recency 15 March 2011 1 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M4100 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while FirePro M4100 is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
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