AMD Radeon HD 6450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6450 and NVIDIA GeForce 405 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 405 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 160 vs 16
4.5x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 198 vs 120
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 56
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1627 vs 1017
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1627 vs 1017

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 April 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 16
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	198 vs 120
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1627 vs 1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1627 vs 1017

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2795 vs 639

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 30 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2795 vs 639

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

198

120

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

639

2795

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1627

1017

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1627

1017

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6450	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	198	120
PassMark - G2D Mark	119	56
Geekbench - OpenCL	639	2795
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	1017
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1627	1017
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6450	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Caicos	GT218
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	7 April 2011	3 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$55
Place in performance rating	1628	1630
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	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	16
Stream Processors	160
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	25 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	1580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire