FirePro A320 vs Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1191 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.54 | no data |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | Caicos | Trinity GL |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 April 2011 (14 years ago) | 6 June 2012 (13 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 | 160 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 955 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,303 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 22.92 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.7334 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 24 |
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 | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | System Shared |
| 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 data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 April 2011 | 6 June 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 100 Watt |
HD 6450 GDDR5 has 270% lower power consumption.
FirePro A320, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 and FirePro A320. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 is a desktop graphics card while FirePro A320 is a workstation one.
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