Quadro NVS 285 vs ATI Radeon HD 5450

Place in the ranking	1287	1445
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.26	0.42
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Cedar	NV44 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	4 February 2010 (14 years ago)	6 June 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$27.99

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	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	75 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.200	1.100
Floating-point processing power	0.104 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	8	4

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 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR2	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	8 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	1x DMS-59
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 5450 0.35
+218%

NVS 285 0.11

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 5450 136
+224%

NVS 285 42

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.35	0.11
Recency	4 February 2010	6 June 2006
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	18 Watt

ATI HD 5450 has a 218.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 285, on the other hand, has 5.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 5450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 285 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5450 is a desktop card while Quadro NVS 285 is a workstation one.

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