AMD Radeon HD 7450A vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450A and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 160 vs 112
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 61
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2012 vs 21 July 2008
Pipelines 160 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 385 vs 61

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 6.7x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
  • Around 68% better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 460 vs 288
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2845 vs 902
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2845 vs 902
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 1592
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 1592
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 460 vs 288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2845 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2845 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3304 vs 1592
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3304 vs 1592

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
288
460
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
385
61
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
902
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
902
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1592
3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1592
3304
Name AMD Radeon HD 7450A NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 288 460
PassMark - G2D Mark 385 61
Geekbench - OpenCL 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 902 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 902 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1592 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1592 3304

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7450A NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Caicos G92
Launch date 5 January 2012 21 July 2008
Place in performance rating 1076 1077
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $160
Price now $103.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 625 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 160 112
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI