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GeForce GT 420 vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 420 has core speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 48 SPUs along with 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, which has core clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 160 SPUs along with 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB 31 Watts
GeForce GT 420 50 Watts
Difference: 19 Watts (61%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have exactly the same bandwidth, so in theory they should have identical performance. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB will be a little bit (about 7%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 420. (explain)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB 6000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 420 5600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 400 (7%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB will be a small bit (about 7%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 420, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB 3000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 420 2800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 200 (7%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 420 Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year September 2010 February 2011
Code Name GF108 Caicos
Memory 2048 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 700 MHz 750 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 50 watts 31 watts
Bandwidth 28800 MB/sec 28800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 5600 Mtexels/sec 6000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2800 Mpixels/sec 3000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 48 160
Texture Mapping Units 8 8
Render Output Units 4 4
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 64-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 585 million 370 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GT 420

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Comments

2 Responses to “GeForce GT 420 vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB”
Kjell Adrian says:

What does these figures mean when it comes to practical usage? I wish to buy a computer on which I can watch a full screen HD video, 1920×1080, via the HDMI on my new flat screen tv. Is it enough with a graphics card like GeForce GT 420 for this purpose?

This is obviously not a comment, but I would be very greatful for an answer to this question.

Best regards
Kjell Adrian
Sweden

Dan says:

You would be better off with the Radeon 6450 as it's slightly faster and consumes less power. I'm using a Sapphire Radeon 6450 (1GB DDR3 model) with my HTPC and it handles all video perfectly including Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray (1080p).

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