GeForce GT 630 OEM vs Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5

Place in the ranking	1119	944
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.48	2.30
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Caicos	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 April 2011 (13 years ago)	24 April 2012 (12 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	192
Core clock speed	750 MHz	875 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	14.00
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	16

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 3.0 x16
Length	no data	145 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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	891 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	28.51 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.1.126
CUDA	-	3.0

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 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Full HD	15 −60%	24−27 +60%
1200p	5 −60%	8−9 +60%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Fortnite	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −50%	18−20 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
World of Tanks	29 −55.2%	45−50 +55.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −50%	18−20 +50%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
World of Tanks	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Valorant	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how HD 6450 GDDR5 and GT 630 OEM compete in popular games:

GT 630 OEM is 71% faster in 900p
GT 630 OEM is 60% faster in 1080p
GT 630 OEM is 60% faster in 1200p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.97	1.67
Recency	18 April 2011	24 April 2012
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	50 Watt

HD 6450 GDDR5 has 85.2% lower power consumption.

GT 630 OEM, on the other hand, has a 72.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 630 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.