AMD Radeon HD 6450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6450 and NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6450

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
Around 89% better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 105.6 gflops
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 33 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 197 vs 156
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 50
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1627 vs 1062
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1627 vs 1062

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 April 2011 vs 22 February 2011
Pipelines	160 vs 48
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 105.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	197 vs 156
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 50
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1627 vs 1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1627 vs 1062

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
7.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4683 vs 639

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4683 vs 639

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

197

156

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

639

4683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1627

1062

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1627

1062

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6450	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	197	156
PassMark - G2D Mark	119	50
Geekbench - OpenCL	639	4683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	97.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1627	1062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1627	1062
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6450	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Caicos	GT218
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	7 April 2011	22 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$55
Place in performance rating	1628	1629
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.02
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	105.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	48
Stream Processors	160
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	260 million
Core clock speed		589 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	4
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire