Radeon HD 6450 vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs with Radeon HD 6450, including specs and performance data.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
2020
28 Watt
9.47
+1757%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs outperforms HD 6450 by a whopping 1757% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4671232
Place by popularity87not in top-100
Power efficiency23.191.94
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeCaicos
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date15 August 2020 (4 years ago)7 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores96160
Core clock speed400 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1350 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistorsno data370 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rateno data5.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 supportno dataPCIe 2.0 x8
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity-+
Number of Eyefinity displaysno data4
HDMI-+
DisplayPort support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+
Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1DirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2

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.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs 9.47
+1757%
HD 6450 0.51

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.

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs 5139
+1411%
HD 6450 340

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:

Full HD26
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
1440p150−1
4K110−1

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data55.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 20
+1900%
1−2
−1900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 22
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 36
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Cyberpunk 2077 16 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+2000%
3−4
−2000%
Hitman 3 24
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 124
+1967%
6−7
−1967%
Metro Exodus 35
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 17 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90
+2150%
4−5
−2150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18 0−1
Battlefield 5 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 32
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Cyberpunk 2077 13 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+2000%
3−4
−2000%
Hitman 3 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 112
+1767%
6−7
−1767%
Metro Exodus 28
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 26
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 84
+2000%
4−5
−2000%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Cyberpunk 2077 11 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+2000%
3−4
−2000%
Hitman 3 20
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+1933%
3−4
−1933%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 7 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Hitman 3 12−14 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Metro Exodus 12−14 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 19
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+1900%
3−4
−1900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
Metro Exodus 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 12−14 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 11 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10 0−1

This is how Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs and HD 6450 compete in popular games:

  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is 2500% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.47 0.51
Recency 15 August 2020 7 April 2011
Chip lithography 10 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 30 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs has a 1756.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 7.1% lower power consumption.

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6450 is a desktop one.


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