ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 550 MHz
- Max video memory 512 MB
- Memory type DDR2
- Memory clock speed 1008 MHz
- Maximum resolution
- Interface PCI
- Core clock speed 650 MHz
- Max video memory 512 MB
- Memory type DDR2
- Memory clock speed 666 MHz
- Maximum resolution
General info
Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.
Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
GPU code name | G96 | Cedar |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | 29 July 2008 (14 years old) | 4 February 2010 (12 years old) |
Current price | $3.49 | $94 |
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 cores | 32 | 80 |
Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 650 MHz |
Number of transistors | 314 million | 292 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 40 Watt | 19 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 8.800 | 5.200 |
Floating-point performance | no data | 104 gflops |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCI |
Length | no data | 145 mm |
Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1008 MHz | 666 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 16.13 GB/s | 5.328 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI |
HDMI | no data | + |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
CUDA | 1.1 | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
Recency | 29 July 2008 | 4 February 2010 |
Memory bus width | 128 | 64 |
Memory bandwidth | 16.13 | 5.328 |
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 32 | 80 |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 40 Watt | 19 Watt |
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Competitors of GeForce 9500 GS by AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce 9500 GS from AMD is Radeon HD 4550.
Competitors of Radeon HD 5450 PCI by NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon HD 5450 PCI from NVIDIA is GeForce 800A.
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