Quadro K1000M vs Radeon Pro 450

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K1000M and Radeon Pro 450, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro K1000M stacks up against Radeon Pro 450, check out specs charts below.

Quadro K1000M and Radeon Pro 450 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro K1000M and Radeon Pro 450 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro K1000M or Radeon Pro 450 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K1000M Radeon Pro 450
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro K1000M has 28% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • Quadro K1000M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon Pro 450 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro K1000M and Radeon Pro 450 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Quadro K1000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon Pro 450 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1000M is 50 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • Quadro K1000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 450 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 450 is 3280 MHz higher, than Quadro K1000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 27−30
medium / 1080p 0−1 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than Quadro K1000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1000M Radeon Pro 450
Architecture Kepler Polaris
Code name N14P-Q1 Polaris 11
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 1 June 2012 27 October 2016
Pipelines 192 640
Core clock speed 850 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 13.60 32.00
Floating-point performance 326.4 gflops 1,024 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 10 Mh/s 127 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
Optimus +
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