AMD Radeon HD 7450M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7450M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
22.9x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 422
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3493 vs 3117
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3493 vs 3117

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2012 vs 24 September 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	441 vs 422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3493 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3493 vs 3117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 778 MHz vs 700 MHz
7.8x more texture fill rate: 43.6 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 336 vs 160
4.7x better floating-point performance: 1,045.6 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1866 vs 330
16.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7872 vs 476
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3398 vs 1832
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3398 vs 1832

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	778 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.6 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	336 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,045.6 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1866 vs 330
Geekbench - OpenCL	7872 vs 476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3398 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3398 vs 1832

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

1866

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

441

422

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

476

7872

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1832

3398

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1832

3398

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3493

3117

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3493

3117

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7450M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	1866
PassMark - G2D Mark	441	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	476	7872
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832	3398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832	3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3493	3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3493	3117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		781.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		47.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		75.212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3537

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7450M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Seymour	GF114
Launch date	7 January 2012	24 September 2011
Place in performance rating	823	824
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$199.99
Value for money (0-100)		15.01
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	778 MHz
Floating-point performance	224.0 gflops	1,045.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	336
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	43.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	96.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0