NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 59% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 625 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.8x better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 200 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1066 MHz

Launch date	9 April 2015 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1066 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM

3.6x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 64 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 64 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6450 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK107	Caicos
Launch date	9 April 2015	7 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$89
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	993 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	8.53 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3