ATI Radeon HD 4450 vs GeForce GT 620

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1114not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency1.38no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGF108RV710
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)18 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39.99 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 cores9680
Core clock speed700 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors585 million242 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt25 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate11.204.800
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs44
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 Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm168 mm
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1.8 GB/s400 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s6.4 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.23.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2012 18 November 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 25 Watt

GT 620 has an age advantage of 5 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 4450, on the other hand, has 96% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 620 and Radeon HD 4450. We've got no test results to judge.


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