Quadro K100M vs ATI Radeon 9550
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1509 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R300 (2003−2008) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | RV350 | GK107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 1 October 2003 (21 years ago) | 22 August 2014 (11 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 | no data | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | 13.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.3264 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | DDR | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2003 | 22 August 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 28 nm |
Quadro K100M has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9550 and Quadro K100M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9550 is a desktop graphics card while Quadro K100M is a mobile workstation one.
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