ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430 vs Quadro NVS 450

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro NVS 450 with Mobility Radeon HD 5430, including specs and performance data.

NVS 450
2008, $163
256 MB GDDR3, 35 Watt
0.16

Mobility HD 5430 outperforms NVS 450 by a whopping 113% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking14841358
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.353.74
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG98Park
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date11 November 2008 (17 years ago)7 January 2010 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$163.14 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores8 ×280
Core clock speed480 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors210 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate1.920 ×24.000
Floating-point processing power0.0192 TFLOPS ×20.08 TFLOPS
ROPs4 ×24
TMUs4 ×28
L1 Cacheno data8 KB
L2 Cache16 KB128 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB ×21 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit ×264 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s ×212.8 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 Connectors4x DisplayPortNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
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Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
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1−2
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Forza Horizon 4 4−5
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4−5
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
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7−8
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Valorant 24−27
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24−27
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Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
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14−16
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Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
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1−2
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Dota 2 10−11
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10−11
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Forza Horizon 4 4−5
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4−5
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
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7−8
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
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5−6
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Valorant 24−27
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24−27
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Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
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1−2
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Dota 2 10−11
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10−11
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Forza Horizon 4 4−5
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4−5
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
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7−8
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
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5−6
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Valorant 24−27
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24−27
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1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
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3−4
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 1−2
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1−2
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
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4−5
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1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
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1−2
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
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1−2
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4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
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14−16
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Valorant 2−3
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2−3
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4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 1−2
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1−2
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4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
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2−3
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All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 27 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.16 0.34
Recency 11 November 2008 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 7 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5430 has a 113% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 38% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5430 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 450 is a workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 5430 is a notebook one.

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