ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI vs GeForce GT 420M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1107 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | N11P-GE | Cedar |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 September 2010 (14 years ago) | 4 February 2010 (14 years ago) |
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 | 96 | 80 |
| CUDA cores | 96 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 292 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.000 | 5.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.192 gflops | 0.104 gflops |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCI |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | (G)DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 666 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 5.328 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 September 2010 | 4 February 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 19 Watt |
GT 420M has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
ATI HD 5450 PCI, on the other hand, has 21.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 420M and Radeon HD 5450 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 420M is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5450 PCI is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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