AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

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Combined performance score

GT 520
0.79

Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 22% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking11011074
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.010.01
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF119Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 April 2011 (12 years old)18 April 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data
Current price$88 (1.5x MSRP)$129
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 520 and HD 6450 GDDR5 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores48160
CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed810 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors292 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt27 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature102 °Cno data
Texture fill rate6.5 billion/secno data
Floating-point performance155.52 gflopsno data

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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length5.7" (14.5 cm)no data
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB (DDR3)1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz (DDR3)900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)no data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 520 0.79
HD 6450 GDDR5 0.96
+21.5%

Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 22% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 520 380
HD 6450 GDDR5 464
+22.1%

Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 22% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

900p5−6
−40%
7
+40%
Full HD12−14
−25%
15
+25%
1200p4−5
−25%
5
+25%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.79 0.96
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 27 Watt

The Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 520 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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