AMD Radeon HD 6450
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230
AMD Radeon HD 6450
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6450 and AMD Radeon R5 230. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1033
Place in performance rating
1017
5.05
Value for money (0-100)
4.61
TeraScale 2
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Caicos
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
7 April 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
$55
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$82 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$119
reference
Design
reference
0.01
Value for money
0.13
Caicos
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6450 and AMD Radeon R5 230 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
160
750 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
370 million
Transistor count
370 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
30 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
5.000
Texture fill rate
5.000
200.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
750 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
370 million
Number of transistors
370 million
30 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6450 and AMD Radeon R5 230.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
168 mm
Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
N/A
PCIe 2.0 x8
Bus support
PCIe 1.0 x4

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 6450 and AMD Radeon R5 230 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
Memory bandwidth
10.67 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6450 and AMD Radeon R5 230, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
1
Eyefinity
1
4
Number of Eyefinity displays
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 6450 and AMD Radeon R5 230 is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
-
1
CrossFire
1
-
HD3D
-
-
PowerTune
-
-
TrueAudio
-
-
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
-
-
Enduro
-
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
​PowerPlay
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6450 and AMD Radeon R5 230. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.4
OpenGL
4.4
5.0
Shader Model
5.0
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6450 and AMD Radeon R5 230 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 6450 or AMD Radeon R5 230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD Radeon R5 230
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD Radeon R5 230
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD Radeon R5 230
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD Radeon R5 230
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD Radeon R5 230
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6450

Cheaper ($82 (1.5x MSRP) vs $119)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

0.24% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (19 Watt vs 30 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (10.67 GB/s vs 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5))

So, AMD Radeon HD 6450 or AMD Radeon R5 230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R5 230 .

AMD Radeon HD 6450 versus AMD Radeon R5 230 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 6450
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