AMD Radeon HD 7450M vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450M and AMD Radeon HD 6850 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 7450M

AMD Radeon HD 6850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
18.1x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 127 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 434
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3493 vs 3348
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3493 vs 3348

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2012 vs 21 October 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 127 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	441 vs 434
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3493 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3493 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

6.6x more texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 960 vs 160
6.6x better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 330
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 1832
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 1832

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	37.2 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1953 vs 330
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 1832

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

1953

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

441

434

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1832

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1832

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3493

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3493

3348

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7450M	AMD Radeon HD 6850
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	1953
PassMark - G2D Mark	441	434
Geekbench - OpenCL	476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3493	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3493	3348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3489
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7450M	AMD Radeon HD 6850
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Seymour	Barts
Launch date	7 January 2012	21 October 2010
Place in performance rating	823	826
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		28.63
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	224.0 gflops	1,488.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	960
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		AGP
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire