Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Quadro K4100M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K4100M with Radeon RX 6500 XT, including specs and performance data.

K4100M
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
7.15

RX 6500 XT outperforms K4100M by a whopping 247% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking547220
Place by popularitynot in top-10082
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.5158.67
Power efficiency4.9015.90
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK104Navi 24
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)19 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 $199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6500 XT has 11404% better value for money than K4100M.

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 cores11521024
Core clock speed706 MHz2610 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2815 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt107 Watt
Texture fill rate67.78180.2
Floating-point processing power1.627 TFLOPS5.765 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs9664
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x4
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2248 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s143.9 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

K4100M 7.15
RX 6500 XT 24.83
+247%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

K4100M 2755
RX 6500 XT 9567
+247%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

K4100M 4957
RX 6500 XT 22954
+363%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

K4100M 19909
RX 6500 XT 76445
+284%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

K4100M 3654
RX 6500 XT 15712
+330%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

K4100M 24685
RX 6500 XT 91909
+272%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

K4100M 35
RX 6500 XT 111
+212%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

K4100M 59
RX 6500 XT 140
+137%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

K4100M 43
RX 6500 XT 87
+103%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

K4100M 45
RX 6500 XT 150
+235%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

K4100M 35
RX 6500 XT 91
+162%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

K4100M 12
RX 6500 XT 58
+384%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

K4100M 23
RX 6500 XT 67
+188%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

K4100M 2
RX 6500 XT 60
+3053%

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 HD48
−29.2%
62
+29.2%
1440p8−9
−250%
28
+250%
4K13
−23.1%
16
+23.1%

Cost per frame, $

1080p31.233.21
1440p187.387.11
4K115.3112.44

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−555%
72
+555%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−200%
50−55
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−467%
51
+467%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−286%
80−85
+286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−391%
54
+391%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−256%
55−60
+256%
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
−225%
65−70
+225%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−209%
140−150
+209%
Hitman 3 14−16
−257%
50−55
+257%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−171%
110−120
+171%
Metro Exodus 20−22
−325%
85−90
+325%
Red Dead Redemption 2 20−22
−220%
60−65
+220%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−250%
80−85
+250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−90.7%
100−110
+90.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−200%
50−55
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−378%
43
+378%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−286%
80−85
+286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−209%
34
+209%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−256%
55−60
+256%
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
−225%
65−70
+225%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−209%
140−150
+209%
Hitman 3 14−16
−257%
50−55
+257%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−171%
110−120
+171%
Metro Exodus 20−22
−325%
85−90
+325%
Red Dead Redemption 2 20−22
−220%
60−65
+220%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−346%
107
+346%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 67
+26.4%
50−55
−26.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−90.7%
100−110
+90.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−200%
50−55
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−244%
31
+244%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−233%
50−55
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−173%
30
+173%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−256%
55−60
+256%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
−209%
140−150
+209%
Hitman 3 14−16
−257%
50−55
+257%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−119%
92
+119%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−246%
83
+246%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−145%
54
+145%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+116%
25
−116%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 20−22
−220%
60−65
+220%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−236%
45−50
+236%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−245%
35−40
+245%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−271%
24−27
+271%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1050%
23
+1050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−300%
27−30
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−467%
17
+467%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−250%
27−30
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−464%
140−150
+464%
Hitman 3 10−12
−164%
27−30
+164%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−340%
66
+340%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−613%
57
+613%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−1020%
56
+1020%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−400%
30−33
+400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−211%
140−150
+211%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−242%
40−45
+242%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−280%
18−20
+280%
Hitman 3 3−4
−233%
10
+233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−452%
120−130
+452%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−600%
27−30
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−600%
28
+600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−275%
14−16
+275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−100%
6
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4
+300%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−325%
30−35
+325%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−1150%
25
+1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−400%
10
+400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%

This is how K4100M and RX 6500 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 6500 XT is 29% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6500 XT is 250% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6500 XT is 23% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the K4100M is 116% faster.
  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6500 XT is 1150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • K4100M is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • RX 6500 XT is ahead in 70 tests (97%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.15 24.83
Recency 23 July 2013 19 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 107 Watt

K4100M has 7% lower power consumption.

RX 6500 XT, on the other hand, has a 247.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K4100M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K4100M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX 6500 XT is a desktop one.


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