ATI Radeon HD 5450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

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General info

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 (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG96Cedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (15 years old)4 February 2010 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$85.99 no data
Current price$153 (1.8x MSRP)$205

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 cores3280
CUDA cores32no data
Core clock speed550 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors314 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate8.8 billion/sec5.200
Floating-point performance89.6 gflops104 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 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length6.875" (17.5 cm)170 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)6.4 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVISingle Link DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

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
CUDA+no 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%

9500 GT 153
+12.5%
ATI HD 5450 136

GeForce 9500 GT outperforms Radeon HD 5450 by 13% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 29 July 2008 4 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 19 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and Radeon HD 5450. We've got no test results to judge.


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