ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cedar | G96 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cedar PRO | G96-259-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | UMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 314 million |
| Die size | 59 mm² | 144 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 4th, 2010 | Jul 29th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Evergreen | GeForce 9 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 34 in our database | 22 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 8 |
| Successor | Northern Islands | GeForce 200 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 550 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 333 MHz 666 Mbps effective | 504 MHz 1008 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1375 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 5.328 GB/s | 16.13 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 80 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.600 GPixel/s | 4.400 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.200 GTexel/s | 8.800 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 104.0 GFLOPS | 88.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 145 mm 5.7 inches | — |
| TDP | 19 W | 40 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | C093, C096 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
