NVS 4200M vs Radeon HD 7450A

Place in performance ranking	1121	1129
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.56	0.01
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Caicos	GF119
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 January 2012 (12 years ago)	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	$12.99	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7450A has 5500% better value for money than NVS 4200M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	160	48
Core clock speed	625 MHz	810 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	6.480
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	155.52 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7450A and NVS 4200M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM
Width	MXM Module	no data

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	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	12.8 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	no data	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

HD 7450A 0.75
+5.6%

NVS 4200M 0.71

Radeon HD 7450A outperforms NVS 4200M by 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7450A 288
+4.3%

NVS 4200M 276

Radeon HD 7450A outperforms NVS 4200M by 4% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

12−14

−8.3%

13
+8.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%