ATI Radeon HD 5450 vs Quadro NVS 5100M

Place in the ranking	1123	1290
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.87	1.27
Architecture	GT2xx (2010)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	N10P-NS	Cedar
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	4 February 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	80
Core clock speed	550 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	5.200
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10.1	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	no data	4.4
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	N/A

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Fortnite	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
World of Tanks	21−24 +188%	8−9 −188%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
World of Tanks	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Valorant	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +200%	5−6 −200%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +200%	5−6 −200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +200%	5−6 −200%