AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 17% better floating-point performance: 947.2 gflops vs 812.5 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 900x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1901 vs 1749
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 368
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9694 vs 4493
  • Around 97% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.788 vs 12.582
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 638.196 vs 364.463
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.619 vs 1.254
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 41.414 vs 18.386
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 112.347 vs 23.499
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2809 vs 2663
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3666 vs 3478
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3332
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2809 vs 2663
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3666 vs 3478
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3332
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2016 vs 27 November 2013
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops vs 812.5 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1901 vs 1749
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 vs 368
Geekbench - OpenCL 9694 vs 4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.788 vs 12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 638.196 vs 364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.619 vs 1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 41.414 vs 18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 112.347 vs 23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2809 vs 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3666 vs 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2809 vs 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3666 vs 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3332

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 29.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 65 Watt
Core clock speed 1058 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1901
1749
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
530
368
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9694
4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.788
12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
638.196
364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.619
1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.414
18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
112.347
23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2809
2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2809
2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3332
Name AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
PassMark - G3D Mark 1901 1749
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 368
Geekbench - OpenCL 9694 4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.788 12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 638.196 364.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.619 1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 41.414 18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 112.347 23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2809 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3666 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2809 2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3666 3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3332
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 545

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Cape Verde GK106
Launch date 30 June 2016 27 November 2013
Place in performance rating 764 1003
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Price now $144.81
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 925 MHz 1058 MHz
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 812.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s 33.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 64 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,540 million
CUDA cores 384

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin One 6-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 5.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA