Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 vs GeForce GTX 470

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 470 and Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 470
2010
1280 MB GDDR5, 215 Watt
8.07
+741%

GTX 470 outperforms HD 6450 GDDR5 by a whopping 741% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking5171118
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.35no data
Power efficiency2.572.44
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF100Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 March 2010 (14 years ago)18 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores448160
Core clock speed607 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt27 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate34.05no data
Floating-point processing power1.089 TFLOPSno data
ROPs40no data
TMUs56no 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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB1 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1674 MHz (3348 data rate)900 MHz
Memory bandwidth133.9 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 470 8.07
+741%
HD 6450 GDDR5 0.96

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 470 4342
+597%
HD 6450 GDDR5 623

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.

GTX 470 16753
+494%
HD 6450 GDDR5 2822

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 470 2758
+494%
HD 6450 GDDR5 464

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 470 25757
+505%
HD 6450 GDDR5 4257

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p55
+686%
7
−686%
Full HD64
+327%
15
−327%
1200p53
+960%
5
−960%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.45no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+300%
5−6
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+800%
6−7
−800%
Hitman 3 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+254%
12−14
−254%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+78.1%
30−35
−78.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+300%
5−6
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Battlefield 5 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+800%
6−7
−800%
Hitman 3 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+254%
12−14
−254%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+130%
10−11
−130%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+78.1%
30−35
−78.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
+300%
5−6
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+800%
6−7
−800%
Hitman 3 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+254%
12−14
−254%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+130%
10−11
−130%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
+78.1%
30−35
−78.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Hitman 3 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+1175%
4−5
−1175%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 0−1
Hitman 3 4−5 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Metro Exodus 6−7 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%

This is how GTX 470 and HD 6450 GDDR5 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 470 is 686% faster in 900p
  • GTX 470 is 327% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 470 is 960% faster in 1200p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 470 is 2100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 470 surpassed HD 6450 GDDR5 in all 43 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.07 0.96
Recency 26 March 2010 18 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 27 Watt

GTX 470 has a 740.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

HD 6450 GDDR5, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 696.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 470 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 in performance tests.


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