Quadro RTX 8100 vs ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Cedar | GA102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 4 February 2010 (15 years ago) | no data |
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 | 80 | 10752 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1860 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.200 | 625.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.104 TFLOPS | 40 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 112 |
| TMUs | 8 | 336 |
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 | PCI | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | 313 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 12-pin |
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 | DDR2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 333 MHz | 16 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 5.328 GB/s | 768.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 HDMI | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 350 Watt |
ATI HD 5450 PCI has 1742.1% lower power consumption.
RTX 8100, on the other hand, has a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5450 PCI and Quadro RTX 8100. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 5450 PCI is a desktop graphics card while Quadro RTX 8100 is a workstation one.
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