AMD Radeon HD 7450A vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated1116
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.56
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG84Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (16 years old)5 January 2012 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$84 (0.4x MSRP)$12.99
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores32160
Core clock speed675 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors289 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate10.8 billion/sec5.000
Floating-point performance92.8 gflops200.0 gflops

Size and 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 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s12.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8600 GTS 149
HD 7450A 288
+93.3%

Radeon HD 7450A outperforms GeForce 8600 GTS by 93% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 17 April 2007 5 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 25 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GTS and Radeon HD 7450A. We've got no test results to judge.


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