GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 6450A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1180not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.84no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameCaicosG94
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 April 2011 (13 years ago)22 December 2008 (16 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 cores16064
Core clock speed625 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors370 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate5.00019.20
Floating-point processing power0.2 TFLOPS0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs832

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).

InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed533 MHz266 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.528 GB/s17.02 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 April 2011 22 December 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 95 Watt

HD 6450A has an age advantage of 2 years, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 280% lower power consumption.

9600 GT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6450A and GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6450A is a notebook card while GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition is a desktop one.


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