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Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon HD 6450

12%
12%

AMD Radeon HD 7850

813%
813%
AMD Radeon HD 7850 is approximately 801% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Caicos
Pitcairn
CoresDifferent
160
1024
TMUsDifferent
8
64
ROPsDifferent
4
32
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
64 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU NameDifferent
Caicos
Pitcairn
GPU VariantDifferent
Caicos PRO
Pitcairn PRO(215-0828062)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale 2
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
370 million
2,800 million
DensityDifferent
5.5M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
67 mm²
212 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
FCBGA-631
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
Release DateDifferent
Apr 7th, 2011
Mar 5th, 2012
GenerationDifferent
Northern Islands(HD 6400)
Southern Islands(HD 7800)
PredecessorDifferent
Evergreen
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Southern Islands
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
55 USD
249 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
14 in our database
71 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
GPU ClockDifferent
625 MHz
860 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
1200 MHz4.8 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
64 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
8.000 GB/s
153.6 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
Shading UnitsDifferent
160
1024
TMUsDifferent
8
64
ROPsDifferent
4
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
2
16
L1 CacheDifferent
8 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
128 KB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
Pixel RateDifferent
2.500 GPixel/s
27.52 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
5.000 GTexel/s
55.04 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
200.0 GFLOPS
1.761 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
N/A
110.1 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
Slot WidthDifferent
Single-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
168 mm6.6 inches
210 mm8.3 inches
TDPDifferent
18 W
130 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
200 W
300 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x VGA
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
None
1x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C26037-00A
109-C40147-00, 109-C40337-00A

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon HD 6450AMD Radeon HD 7850
DirectXDifferent
11.2 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGLDifferent
4.4
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.2
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
5.0
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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