AMD Radeon HD 7450M vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450M and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 21.6x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 416
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3493 vs 3349
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3493 vs 3349
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2012 vs 21 October 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt vs 151 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 441 vs 416
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3493 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3493 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

  • 9x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
  • 7x more pipelines: 1120 vs 160
  • 9x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
  • 6.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2208 vs 330
  • 10.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4950 vs 476
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3711 vs 1832
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3711 vs 1832
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 50.4 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1120 vs 160
Floating-point performance 2,016.0 gflops vs 224.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2208 vs 330
Geekbench - OpenCL 4950 vs 476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3711 vs 1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3711 vs 1832

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
330
2208
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
441
416
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
476
4950
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3493
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3493
3349
Name AMD Radeon HD 7450M AMD Radeon HD 6870
PassMark - G3D Mark 330 2208
PassMark - G2D Mark 441 416
Geekbench - OpenCL 476 4950
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1832 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1832 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3493 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3493 3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4238
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7450M AMD Radeon HD 6870

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Seymour Barts
Launch date 7 January 2012 21 October 2010
Place in performance rating 814 817
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $239
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.38

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 224.0 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 1120
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s 50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 1,700 million
Boost clock speed 900 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 220 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 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 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire