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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 580

2111%
2111%

AMD Radeon HD 6450

5%
5%
AMD Radeon RX 580 is approximately 2106% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Polaris 20
Caicos
CoresDifferent
2304
160
TMUsDifferent
144
8
ROPsDifferent
32
4
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
512 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
GDDR3
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
64 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
GPU NameDifferent
Polaris 20
Caicos
GPU VariantDifferent
Polaris 20 XTX(215-0910038)
Caicos PRO
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 4.0
TeraScale 2
FoundryDifferent
GlobalFoundries
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
14 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
5,700 million
370 million
DensityDifferent
24.6M / mm²
5.5M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
232 mm²
67 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1401
FCBGA-631

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
Release DateDifferent
Apr 18th, 2017
Apr 7th, 2011
GenerationDifferent
Polaris(RX 500)
Northern Islands(HD 6400)
PredecessorDifferent
Arctic Islands
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Vega
Southern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
229 USD
55 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
52 in our database
14 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
Base ClockDifferent
1257 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
1340 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2000 MHz8 Gbps effective
500 MHz1000 Mbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
625 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
512 MB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR5
GDDR3
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
64 bit
BandwidthDifferent
256.0 GB/s
8.000 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
Shading UnitsDifferent
2304
160
TMUsDifferent
144
8
ROPsDifferent
32
4
Compute UnitsDifferent
36
2
L1 CacheDifferent
16 KB (per CU)
8 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
128 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
Pixel RateDifferent
42.88 GPixel/s
2.500 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
193.0 GTexel/s
5.000 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
6.175 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
6.175 TFLOPS
200.0 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
385.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
N/A

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
Slot WidthDifferent
Dual-slot
Single-slot
LengthDifferent
241 mm9.5 inches
168 mm6.6 inches
TDPDifferent
185 W
18 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
200 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x VGA
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
None
Board NumberDifferent
C940, D009-04
109-C26037-00A

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 580AMD Radeon HD 6450
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_0)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.7
5.0

Comparison Summary

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