AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
  • Around 49% better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 50 Watt
Launch date 5 January 2012 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 160 vs 48
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1048 MB vs 512 MB
  • Around 69% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1066 MHz
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 424 vs 225
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 146
  • Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1163 vs 635
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 109.787 vs 99.563
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 660 vs 443
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1158 vs 919
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 660 vs 443
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1158 vs 919
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 625 MHz
Maximum memory size 1048 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 424 vs 225
PassMark - G2D Mark 188 vs 146
Geekbench - OpenCL 1163 vs 635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 109.787 vs 99.563
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 660 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1158 vs 919
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 660 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1158 vs 919

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
225
424
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
146
188
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
635
1163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.563
109.787
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
443
660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
919
1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1626
1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
443
660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
919
1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1626
1626
Name AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 225 424
PassMark - G2D Mark 146 188
Geekbench - OpenCL 635 1163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 99.563 109.787
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 443 660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 919 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1626 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 443 660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 919 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1626 1626
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.55

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Caicos GF108
Launch date 5 January 2012 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1516 1518
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 625 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops 134.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 48
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s 2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1048 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.528 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1066 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3