AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 6450 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1066 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 224 vs 198
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 145 vs 119
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 99.563 vs 97.327
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 919 vs 810
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 919 vs 810
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2012 vs 7 April 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 30 Watt
Memory clock speed 1066 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 224 vs 198
PassMark - G2D Mark 145 vs 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 635 vs 633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 99.563 vs 97.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 919 vs 810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 919 vs 810

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 497 vs 443
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 497 vs 443
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 497 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1627 vs 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 497 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1627 vs 1626

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
224
198
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
145
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
635
633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
99.563
97.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
443
497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
919
810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1626
1627
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
443
497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
919
810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1626
1627
Name AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM AMD Radeon HD 6450
PassMark - G3D Mark 224 198
PassMark - G2D Mark 145 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 635 633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 99.563 97.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 443 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 919 810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1626 1627
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 443 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 919 810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1626 1627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.878
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM AMD Radeon HD 6450

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Caicos Caicos
Launch date 5 January 2012 7 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1523 1627
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $55
Price now $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.02

Technical info

Core clock speed 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 160
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 370 million
Boost clock speed 750 MHz
Stream Processors 160

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 8.528 GB / s 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1066 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire