ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI vs GeForce GT 220

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1205not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGT216Cedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)4 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4880
Core clock speed625 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors486 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.8405.200
Floating-point processing power0.1277 TFLOPS0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs168

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
Length168 mm145 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz333 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.3 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 ConnectorsVGADVIHDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF + HDAno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 4 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 19 Watt

GT 220 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI HD 5450 PCI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 205.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 220 and Radeon HD 5450 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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