Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 vs GeForce 9800 GTX+

Place in performance ranking	991	1079
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	0.01
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G92B	Caicos
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 January 2009 (15 years ago)	18 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data
Current price	$151 (0.7x MSRP)	$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

9800 GTX+ has 200% better value for money than HD 6450 GDDR5.

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 cores	128	160
CUDA cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	738 MHz	750 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	141 Watt	27 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion/sec	no data
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	HDTVDual Link DVI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	9−10 +28.6%	7 −28.6%
Full HD	21−24 +31.3%	16 −31.3%
1200p	6−7 +20%	5 −20%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.31	0.97
Recency	16 January 2009	18 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	141 Watt	27 Watt