Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 775 MHz
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type DDR3
- Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
- Maximum resolution
- Interface
- Core clock speed 750
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 900
- Maximum resolution
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance rating | 973 | 1014 |
Value for money | 0.49 | 0.02 |
Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
GPU code name | GF117 | Caicos |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | 9 January 2013 (10 years old) | 18 April 2011 (11 years old) |
Current price | $23 | $129 |
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 cores | 96 | 160 |
Core clock speed | 775 MHz | 750 MHz |
Number of transistors | 585 million | no data |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 27 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 12.40 | no data |
Floating-point performance | 297.6 gflops | no data |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 900 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | no data |
Shared memory | no 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 Connectors | No outputs | no data |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11 |
Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
Vulkan | N/A | no data |
CUDA | 2.1 | 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
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
900p | no data | 7 |
Full HD | no data | 15 |
1200p | no data | 5 |
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance rating | 1.13 | 0.97 |
Recency | 9 January 2013 | 18 April 2011 |
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | 160 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Thermal design power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 27 Watt |
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends
since it shows better performance.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Competitors of GeForce GT 710M by AMD
The nearest GeForce GT 710M's AMD equivalent is Radeon HD 7560D, which is faster by 3% and higher by 12 positions in our performance rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GT 710M:
Competitors of Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 by NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 from NVIDIA is GeForce 7900 GTX, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5:
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