NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs AMD Radeon HD 6450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and AMD Radeon HD 6450 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
  • Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 313 vs 198
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 119
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1282 vs 639
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.471 vs 1.878
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.233 vs 0.231
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 6.018 vs 4.982
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 555 vs 497
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 835 vs 810
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 555 vs 497
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 835 vs 810
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 April 2012 vs 7 April 2011
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec vs 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 313 vs 198
PassMark - G2D Mark 129 vs 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 1282 vs 639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.471 vs 1.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.233 vs 0.231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.018 vs 4.982
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 555 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 835 vs 810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 555 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 835 vs 810

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450

  • 3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
  • Around 29% better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
  • 800x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 97.327 vs 77.99
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 19.314 vs 4.053
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1627 vs 1155
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1627 vs 1155
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 160 vs 48
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Memory clock speed 800 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 97.327 vs 77.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.314 vs 4.053
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1627 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1627 vs 1155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
313
198
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
129
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1282
639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.471
1.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
77.99
97.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.233
0.231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.018
4.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.053
19.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
555
497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
835
810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
1627
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
555
497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
835
810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
1627
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 AMD Radeon HD 6450
PassMark - G3D Mark 313 198
PassMark - G2D Mark 129 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 1282 639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.471 1.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 77.99 97.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.233 0.231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.018 4.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.053 19.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 555 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 835 810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1155 1627
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 555 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 835 810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1155 1627
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 87 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 AMD Radeon HD 6450

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF119 Caicos
Launch date 2 April 2012 7 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99 $55
Place in performance rating 1627 1628
Price now $39.99 $39.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.13 9.02
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 155.5 gflops 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C
Pipelines 48 160
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 370 million
Boost clock speed 750 MHz
Stream Processors 160

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
Number of Eyefinity displays 4
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0 PCIe 2.0 x8
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.2 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1024 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire