GRID A100B vs ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Cedar | GA100 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 4 February 2010 (14 years ago) | 14 May 2020 (4 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 | 80 | 6912 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1005 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.200 | 434.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.104 gflops | 13.89 gflops |
| ROPs | 4 | 192 |
| TMUs | 8 | 432 |
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 2.0 x1 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| 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 | DDR3 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 6144 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2.4 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 GB/s | 1,866 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 February 2010 | 14 May 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 400 Watt |
ATI HD 5450 PCIe x1 has 2005.3% lower power consumption.
GRID A100B, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1 and GRID A100B. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1 is a desktop card while GRID A100B is a workstation 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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