ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs ATI HD 5450

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 5450 and Radeon 9600 XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 5450
2010
2 GB DDR2, 19 Watt
0.35
+289%

ATI HD 5450 outperforms ATI 9600 XT by a whopping 289% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12871454
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.260.28
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameCedarRV360
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 February 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 year 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 cores80no data
Core clock speed650 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors292 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt22 Watt
Texture fill rate5.2002.000
Floating-point processing power0.104 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length170 mmno 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 typeDDR2DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s9.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/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
+289%
ATI 9600 XT 0.09

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
+289%
ATI 9600 XT 35

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 0.09
Recency 4 February 2010 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 22 Watt

ATI HD 5450 has a 288.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 15.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 5450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9600 XT in performance tests.


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