Radeon HD 5450 PCI vs GeForce 210

Primary Details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGT218Cedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 2009 (14 years ago)4 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29.49 no data
Current price$96 (3.3x MSRP)$111

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1680
CUDA cores16no data
Core clock speed589 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors260 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30.5 Watt19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate4.1605.200
Floating-point performance39.36 gflops104 gflops

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Length6.60" (16.8 cm)145 mm
Height2.731" (6.9 cm)no data
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 typeGDDR2DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz666 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.0 GB/s5.328 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 ConnectorsDVIVGADisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.14.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 12 October 2009 4 February 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 19 Watt

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