Radeon HD 6450 vs GeForce 9500 GT
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1186 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | G96 | Caicos |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | no data | reference |
| Release date | 29 July 2008 (15 years ago) | 7 April 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $85.99 | $55 |
| Current price | $153 (1.8x MSRP) | $166 (3x MSRP) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 32 | 160 |
| CUDA cores | 32 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 8.8 billion/sec | 5.000 |
| Floating-point performance | 89.6 gflops | 200.0 gflops |
Size and 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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 2.0 x8 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 6.875" (17.5 cm) | 168 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| SLI options | + | no data |
Memory
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 | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2) | 25.6 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5) |
Video outputs and ports
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 | Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| Eyefinity | no data | 1 |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | no data | 4 |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| DisplayPort support | no data | + |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | no data | - |
| CrossFire | no data | 1 |
| Enduro | no data | - |
| HD3D | no data | - |
| PowerTune | no data | - |
| TrueAudio | no data | - |
| ZeroCore | no data | - |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | DirectX® 11 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | no data |
| Mantle | no data | - |
| CUDA | + | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
Radeon HD 6450 outperforms GeForce 9500 GT by 27% in Passmark.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 29 July 2008 | 7 April 2011 |
| Cost | $85.99 | $55 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 30 Watt |
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and Radeon HD 6450. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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