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GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs Radeon HD 5450
Intro
The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 comes with clock speeds of 550 MHz on the GPU, and 500 MHz on the 256 MB of DDR2 RAM. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 5450, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 650 MHz. The DDR3 memory runs at a speed of 800 MHz on this specific card. It features 80(16x5) SPUs along with 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 5450 |
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19 Watts |
| GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 |
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50 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 should in theory be quite a bit better than the Radeon HD 5450 overall. (explain)
| GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 |
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16000 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 5450 |
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12800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 should be much (about 69%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 5450. (explain)| GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 |
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8800 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5450 |
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5200 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 is superior to the Radeon HD 5450, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 |
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4400 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5450 |
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2600 Mpixels/sec |
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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.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 | Radeon HD 5450 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | July 2008 | February 4, 2010 |
| Code Name | G96a | Cedar PRO |
| Memory | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 550 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 50 watts | 19 watts |
| Bandwidth | 16000 MB/sec | 12800 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 8800 Mtexels/sec | 5200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 4400 Mpixels/sec | 2600 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 32 | 80(16x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 8 |
| Render Output Units | 8 | 4 |
| Bus Type | DDR2 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 64-bit |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 314 million | 292 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0, PCI | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.2 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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Comments
4 Responses to “GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs Radeon HD 5450”geforce 9500 gt is better than hd 5450. go for 9500 gt
ATI RADEON BEM MELHOR AGUENTA BELO OVERCLOCK RODEI CALL OF DUTY MW3 TUDO HIGH+EXTRA COM RESOLUÇAO DE 1280X720 30 FPS DE BOA COM OVERCLOCK DE 700 MHZ GPU E MEMORIA 531 MHZ DDR2 !!!!
ofcourse shubh is right. ive tested both of em in my pc.
what i found is 9500 is 70% better than 5450
In a machine with only PCI slots, these two were the top dogs for a long time. The GT520/610 cards that Zotac released in PCI after these two have only managed to knock off the HD5450 for the number two spot. 9500GT is still faster. It might be another generation or two, if ever, before someone releases a PCI card with both more features and more speed than 9500GT.