ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 40 Watt

Launch date	4 February 2010 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 40 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
PassMark - G3D Mark		102
PassMark - G2D Mark		168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		329

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 8300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	C78
Launch date	4 February 2010	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1443
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$22.68
Value for money (0-100)		5.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	80
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCI
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR2