SIS Mirage 3+ 672MX vs Radeon HD 6450

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1191	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	no data
GPU code name	Caicos	SISM672
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	7 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 January 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$55	no data
Current price	$166 (3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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	160	3
Core clock speed	no data	1 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	5.000	no data
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6450 and SIS Mirage 3+ 672MX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)	no data
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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	no data
Eyefinity	1	no data
Number of Eyefinity displays	4	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	no data
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Mantle	-	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

7 April 2011

1 January 2007

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