NVIDIA Quadro 400 vs ATI Radeon HD 5450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 400 and ATI Radeon HD 5450 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 4% better floating-point performance: 108 gflops vs 104 gflops
  • Around 93% higher memory clock speed: 1540 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 148 vs 136
  • Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4630 vs 2572
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 April 2011 vs 4 February 2010
Texture fill rate 7.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 108 gflops vs 104 gflops
Memory clock speed 1540 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 148 vs 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 4630 vs 2572

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5450

  • Around 44% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
  • Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 32 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 59
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1457 vs 1103
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1457 vs 1103
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines 80 vs 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 32 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 140 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1457 vs 1103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1457 vs 1103

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 400
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5450

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
148
136
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
59
140
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4630
2572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1103
1457
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1103
1457
Name NVIDIA Quadro 400 ATI Radeon HD 5450
PassMark - G3D Mark 148 136
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 140
Geekbench - OpenCL 4630 2572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1103 1457
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1103 1457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 10.124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 666
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro 400 ATI Radeon HD 5450

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GT216 Cedar
Launch date 5 April 2011 4 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 1609 1612
Price now $145.55
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 2.13
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 108 gflops 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 80
Texture fill rate 7.2 GTexel / s 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 486 million 292 million
Boost clock speed 650 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 163 mm 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.1 11
OpenGL 3.3 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.32 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1540 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR2

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity