Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 vs GeForce 8800 GTX

Place in the ranking	982	1123
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Power efficiency	0.67	2.46
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G80	Caicos
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	8 November 2006 (18 years ago)	18 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores	575	160
Core clock speed	576 MHz	750 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	27 Watt
Texture fill rate	36.86	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.3456 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	no data
TMUs	32	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	no data
Length	270 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	10−12 +42.9%	7 −42.9%
Full HD	21−24 +40%	15 −40%
1200p	7−8 +40%	5 −40%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

28.52

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FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Fortnite	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
World of Tanks	29 +0%	29 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
World of Tanks	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Valorant	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how 8800 GTX and HD 6450 GDDR5 compete in popular games:

8800 GTX is 43% faster in 900p
8800 GTX is 40% faster in 1080p
8800 GTX is 40% faster in 1200p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 34 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.40	0.90
Recency	8 November 2006	18 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	90 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	27 Watt

8800 GTX has a 55.6% higher aggregate performance score.

HD 6450 GDDR5, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 474.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 8800 GTX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.