AMD Radeon HD 6450 videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 6450

Radeon HD 6450 videocard released by AMD; release date: 7 April 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $55. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Caicos.

Boost clock speed - 750 MHz. Texture fill rate - 5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 160. Floating-point performance - 200.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 370 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 30 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5).

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
197
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
119
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
1.878 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
97.327 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.231 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
4.982 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
19.314 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
497 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
810 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1627 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
497.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
810.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1627.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 197
PassMark - G2D Mark 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 1.878 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 97.327 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.231 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 4.982 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 19.314 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 497 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 810 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1627 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 497.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 810.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1627.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768134.30
Medium, 1366x76881.20
High, 1366x76854.10

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x76850.30
Medium, 1366x76829.00
High, 1920x108011.50

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76812.80
Medium, 1366x76810.10
High, 1366x7685.50

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76846.80
Medium, 1366x76832.50
High, 1366x76815.40
Ultra, 1920x10808.50

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76874.00
Medium, 1366x76832.50
High, 1366x76822.00
Ultra, 1920x10806.50

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76870.00
Medium, 1366x76845.00
High, 1366x76837.00
Ultra, 1920x108023.00

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72032.00
High, 1366x76825.00
Ultra, 1920x108016.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72032.00
Medium, 1366x76822.00
High, 1366x76815.00

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76824.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x76869.00
High, 1366x76821.00
Ultra, 1920x10809.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768209.00
Medium, 1360x76834.00
High, 1360x76824.00
Ultra, 1920x108014.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x60046.00
Medium, 1360x76822.00

Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010)

Ultra, 1920x12005.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Caicos
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 7 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $55
Place in performance rating 1628
Price now $39.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 9.02

Technical info

Boost clock speed 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 160
Stream Processors 160
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt
Transistor count 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 4
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.0 x8
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire