AMD Radeon HD 6790 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6790 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon HD 6790

ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 550 MHz
15.3x more texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
200x more pipelines: 800 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 900 MHz
49x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1616 vs 33
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 April 2011 vs 18 September 2006
Core clock speed	840 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1616 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	374 vs 205

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1616

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

374

205

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6790	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
PassMark - G3D Mark	1616	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	374	205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	748.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6790	ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Barts	M64
Launch date	4 April 2011	18 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	857	859
Price now	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	39.40
Technical info
Core clock speed	840 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800	4
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	450 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		0