AMD Radeon HD 7450M vs AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450M and AMD Radeon HD 6450A 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7450M

AMD Radeon HD 6450A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 224.0 gflops vs 200 gflops
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 25 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 69% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 330 vs 260
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 208

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2012 vs 7 April 2011
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	224.0 gflops vs 200 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	330 vs 260
PassMark - G2D Mark	441 vs 208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

441

208

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7450M	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	260
PassMark - G2D Mark	441	208
Geekbench - OpenCL	476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3493
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3493

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7450M	AMD Radeon HD 6450A
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Seymour	Caicos
Launch date	7 January 2012	7 April 2011
Place in performance rating	805	806
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	224.0 gflops	200 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	160
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	8.53 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0