Radeon HD 6450 vs GeForce GTX 465

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 465 and Radeon HD 6450, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 465
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
6.87
+1247%

GTX 465 outperforms HD 6450 by a whopping 1247% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5521223
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.15no data
Power efficiency2.391.97
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF100Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date31 May 2010 (14 years ago)7 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 $55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 465 and HD 6450 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores352160
Core clock speed607 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data750 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate26.755.000
Floating-point processing power0.8554 TFLOPS0.2 TFLOPS
Compute performance30xno data
ROPs324
TMUs448

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 2.0 x 16PCIe 2.0 x8
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mm168 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1603 MHz (3206 data rate)800 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.6 GB/s25.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
Eyefinity-+
Number of Eyefinity displaysno data4
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
DisplayPort support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.24.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTX 465 6.87
+1247%
HD 6450 0.51

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 465 2650
+1245%
HD 6450 197

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.87 0.51
Recency 31 May 2010 7 April 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 30 Watt

GTX 465 has a 1247.1% higher aggregate performance score.

HD 6450, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 465 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 in performance tests.


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