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.

 

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 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 198 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 198 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
198
156
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
50
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 198 156
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