ATI Radeon 9100 vs Quadro NVS 450

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro NVS 450 with Radeon 9100, including specs and performance data.

NVS 450
2008
256 MB GDDR3, 35 Watt
0.17
+1600%

NVS 450 outperforms ATI 9100 by a whopping 1600% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking14071504
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.340.02
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameG98R200
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date11 November 2008 (16 years ago)1 April 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$163.14 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores8no data
Core clock speed480 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors210 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate3.8402.000
Floating-point processing power0.0192 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 4x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB64 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s8 GB/s

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 Connectors4x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)8.1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

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.

NVS 450 0.17
+1600%
ATI 9100 0.01

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.

NVS 450 66
+1220%
ATI 9100 5

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.17 0.01
Recency 11 November 2008 1 April 2003
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 28 Watt

NVS 450 has a 1600% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9100, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

The Quadro NVS 450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 450 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 9100 is a desktop one.


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