XGI Volari V5 Ultra vs Radeon HD 6450A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1173not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.86no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code nameCaicosXG41
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 April 2011 (13 years ago)15 September 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 cores160no data
Core clock speed625 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors370 million90 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data
Texture fill rate5.0001.400
Floating-point processing power0.2 TFLOPSno data
ROPs42
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).

InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed533 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.528 GB/s16 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.41.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 April 2011 15 September 2003
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm

HD 6450A has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6450A and XGI Volari V5 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6450A is a notebook card while XGI Volari V5 Ultra is a desktop one.


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