Radeon HD 6450M vs Quadro FX 380M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro FX 380M with Radeon HD 6450M, including specs and performance data.
HD 6450M outperforms 380M by a whopping 107% 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 | 1404 | 1267 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.89 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | Seymour |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 4 January 2011 (15 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 | 16 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 606 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04698 TFLOPS | 0.192 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 128 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 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 type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 790 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.64 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
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 HD | 3−4
−167%
| 8
+167%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−7.7%
|
27−30
+7.7%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
−46.2%
|
18−20
+46.2%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−33.3%
|
12−14
+33.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−7.7%
|
27−30
+7.7%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−33.3%
|
12−14
+33.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−7.7%
|
27−30
+7.7%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 0−1 | 3−4 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
−100%
|
6−7
+100%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Full HD
High
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Ultra
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
This is how FX 380M and HD 6450M compete in popular games:
- HD 6450M is 167% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6450M is 200% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- HD 6450M performs better in 17 tests (63%)
- there's a draw in 10 tests (37%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.29 | 0.60 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 4 January 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
HD 6450M has a 106.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The Radeon HD 6450M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 380M in performance tests.
Be aware that Quadro FX 380M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6450M is a mobile workstation one.
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