AMD Radeon HD 6450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6450 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 10x more pipelines: 160 vs 16
  • 6.9x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 198 vs 67
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 56
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1627 vs 892
  • Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1627 vs 892
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 April 2011 vs 9 May 2007
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 160 vs 16
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 198 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 vs 56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1627 vs 892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1627 vs 892

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 30 Watt
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
198
67
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1627
892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1627
892
Name AMD Radeon HD 6450 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 198 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 56
Geekbench - OpenCL 639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 97.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1627 892
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1627 892
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6450 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Caicos G86
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 7 April 2011 9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $55
Place in performance rating 1627 1624
Price now $39.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 9.02

Technical info

Boost clock speed 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 160 16
Stream Processors 160
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 210 million
Core clock speed 450 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
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 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5) 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0