Radeon HD 7450 OEM vs Quadro FX 3800M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1060 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.02 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | G92 | Caicos |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 August 2008 (17 years ago) | 5 January 2012 (14 years ago) |
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 | 128 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 43.20 | 5.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4224 TFLOPS | 0.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 64 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 128 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 8.528 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 August 2008 | 5 January 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 18 Watt |
FX 3800M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
HD 7450 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 63% more advanced lithography process, and 456% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3800M and Radeon HD 7450 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 3800M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 7450 OEM is a desktop one.
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