NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS and AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

970
Place in performance rating
883
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Value for money (0-100)
6.56
Curie
Architecture
Terascale 2
G71
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
1 May 2006 (15 years ago)
Release date
18 April 2011 (10 years ago)
$259
Launch price (MSRP)
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$100 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
$129
0.04
Value for money
0.10
G71
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS and AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
160
450 MHz
Core clock speed
750 MHz
278 million
Transistor count
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90 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
49 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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9.000
Texture fill rate
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
278 million
Number of transistors
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49 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS and AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
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198 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS and AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1320 MHz
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
42.24 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS and AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS and AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

9.0c (9_3)
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
2.1
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS and AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS or AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Cheaper ($100 (0.4x MSRP) vs $129)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 90 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS or AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS .

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS versus AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
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