ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI vs GeForce 210

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1326not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.66no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGT218Cedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)4 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29.49 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1680
Core clock speed589 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors260 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30.5 Watt19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate4.1605.200
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Length168 mm145 mm
Height2.731" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR2DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz333 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.0 GB/s5.328 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDVIVGADisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.14.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 4 February 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 19 Watt

ATI HD 5450 PCI has an age advantage of 3 months, and 57.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 210 and Radeon HD 5450 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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