AMD Radeon HD 7450A vs NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Caicos | GT215 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 727 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 144 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GT215-450-A2 |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 5th, 2012 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | All-In-One (HD 7000) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 625 MHz | 506 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1012 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 12.80 GB/s | 5.600 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | 48 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 6 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.500 GPixel/s | 2.024 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.000 GTexel/s | 8.096 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 200.0 GFLOPS | 97.15 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 25 W | 33 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA |
| Length | — | 168 mm 6.6 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P680 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Apr 28th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 300 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 200 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 400 |
