Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 vs Quadro FX 3700
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro FX 3700 with Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5, including specs and performance data.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1146 | 1147 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.84 | 2.43 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | G92 | Caicos |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 January 2008 (17 years ago) | 18 April 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,599 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 112 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 78 Watt | 27 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.00 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.28 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | no data |
| TMUs | 56 | no data |
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 2.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
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:
| 900p | 7−8
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| 7
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| Full HD | 14−16
−7.1%
| 15
+7.1%
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| 1200p | 5−6
+0%
| 5
+0%
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Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 114.21 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
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2−3
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
+0%
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Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
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| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
+0%
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
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8−9
+0%
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| Valorant | 30−35
+0%
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30−35
+0%
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Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 29
+0%
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29
+0%
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
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| Dota 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
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| Valorant | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
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| Valorant | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
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| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
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| Valorant | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how FX 3700 and HD 6450 GDDR5 compete in popular games:
- A tie in 900p
- HD 6450 GDDR5 is 7% faster in 1080p
- A tie in 1200p
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 36 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 January 2008 | 18 April 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 78 Watt | 27 Watt |
HD 6450 GDDR5 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 188.9% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Quadro FX 3700 and Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5.
Be aware that Quadro FX 3700 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 is a desktop one.
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