Radeon HD 6450M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 6450M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69
+468%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book outperforms HD 6450M by a whopping 468% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7121189
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameSurface BookSeymour
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (9 years ago)4 January 2011 (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 cores384160
Core clock speed954 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data370 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Texture fill rateno data4.800
Floating-point processing powerno data0.192 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s
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 dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
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. 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.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 3.69
+468%
HD 6450M 0.65

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.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 2577
+482%
HD 6450M 443

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 HD24
+200%
8
−200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Hitman 3 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+136%
10−12
−136%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+40%
30−33
−40%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Hitman 3 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+136%
10−12
−136%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+40%
30−33
−40%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Hitman 3 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+136%
10−12
−136%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+40%
30−33
−40%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and HD 6450M compete in popular games:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 200% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 1050% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Maxwell GPU Surface Book surpassed HD 6450M in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.69 0.65
Recency 1 October 2015 4 January 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

Maxwell GPU Surface Book has a 467.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450M in performance tests.


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