Radeon HD 5450 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	61	not rated
Place by popularity	51	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.40	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GP102	Cedar
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	28 February 2017 (7 years ago)	4 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data
Current price	$321 (0.5x MSRP)	$205

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	3584	80
Core clock speed	1481 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	11,800 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	91 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	354.4	5.200
Floating-point performance	11,340 gflops	104 gflops

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 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	170 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
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	GDDR5X	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	352 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	11000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	484.4 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 February 2017	4 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	19 Watt

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