ATI Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cedar | NV43 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cedar PRO | NVS440 NPB |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 110 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 146 million |
| Die size | 59 mm² | 154 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 4th, 2010 | Feb 14th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Evergreen | Quadro NVS |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x1 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 34 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R700 | — |
| Successor | Northern Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 250 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 8.000 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 80 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 8 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.600 GPixel/s | 2.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.200 GTexel/s | 2.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 104.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 250.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 170 mm 6.7 inches | 187 mm 7.4 inches |
| TDP | 19 W | 31 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 2x DMS-59 |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P307 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
