AMD Radeon HD 6450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6450 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 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 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 160 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 44
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 1.878 vs 0.465
6.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 810 vs 127
6.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 810 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 April 2011 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines	160 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.878 vs 0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	810 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	810 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

4.2x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 4% better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 198
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1627
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1627

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 198
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1627

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

198

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.878

0.465

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

810

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1627

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

810

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1627

3161

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6450	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	198	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	119	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.878	0.465
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	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1627	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	810	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1627	3161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6450	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Caicos	G94
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	7 April 2011	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$55	$179
Place in performance rating	1627	1587
Price now	$39.99	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.02	23.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	64
Stream Processors	160
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	505 million
Core clock speed		1625 MHz
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	4
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x8	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
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)	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI