Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics vs GeForce GT 230M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 230M and Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics outperforms GT 230M by a whopping 113% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1235 | 1082 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.65 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GT216 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 June 2009 (15 years ago) | 8 February 2012 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 48 | 400 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 593 / 700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 486 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 8.000 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1056 TFLOPS | no data |
| Gigaflops | 158 | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 16 | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 1 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz | - / 1800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3) | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | HDA | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 11 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | + | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−14.3%
|
30−35
+14.3%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 16−18
−52.9%
|
24−27
+52.9%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−12
−36.4%
|
14−16
+36.4%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 2−3 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−14.3%
|
30−35
+14.3%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−12
−36.4%
|
14−16
+36.4%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
−25%
|
5−6
+25%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−14.3%
|
30−35
+14.3%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 2−3
−200%
|
6−7
+200%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 5−6
−120%
|
10−12
+120%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 3−4
−100%
|
6−7
+100%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Valorant | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics is 200% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics is ahead in 28 tests (74%)
- there's a draw in 10 tests (26%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.48 | 1.02 |
| Recency | 15 June 2009 | 8 February 2012 |
HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics has a 112.5% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.
The Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 230M in performance tests.
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