AMD Radeon HD 8250 vs AMD Radeon HD 6450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8250 and AMD Radeon HD 6450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1075 vs 633
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 212 vs 198
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2013 vs 7 April 2011
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 1075 vs 633
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 vs 198

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450

  • Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 750 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 160 vs 128
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 59
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 810 vs 628
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 810 vs 628
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1627 vs 1343
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1627 vs 1343
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 497 vs 384
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 497 vs 384
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 750 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines 160 vs 128
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 810 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 810 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1627 vs 1343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1627 vs 1343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 497 vs 384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 497 vs 384

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8250
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1075
633
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
59
119
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
212
198
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
628
810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
628
810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1343
1627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1343
1627
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
384
497
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
384
497
Name AMD Radeon HD 8250 AMD Radeon HD 6450
Geekbench - OpenCL 1075 633
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 119
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 198
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 628 810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 628 810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1343 1627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1343 1627
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 384 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 384 497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 97.327
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 8250 AMD Radeon HD 6450

Essentials

Architecture GCN TeraScale 2
Code name Temash Caicos
Launch date 1 June 2013 7 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1625 1627
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $55
Price now $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.02

Technical info

Boost clock speed 400 MHz 750 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 160
Floating-point performance 200.0 gflops
Stream Processors 160
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt
Transistor count 370 million

API support

DirectX 11.1 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

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

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire