Radeon HD 6450 vs 530

Place in performance ranking	779	1191
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.54	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Meso	Caicos
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	21 March 2017 (7 years ago)	7 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$55
Current price	$627	$166 (3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 530 and HD 6450 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	160
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	750 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.50	5.000
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops	200.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon 530 and Radeon HD 6450 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	no data	PCIe 2.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	DDR3/GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity	no data	1
Number of Eyefinity displays	no data	4
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	no data	-
CrossFire	no data	1
Enduro	no data	-
HD3D	no data	-
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
ZeroCore	no data	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	5.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	no data
Mantle	no data	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Radeon 530 2.63
+416%

HD 6450 0.51

530 outperforms HD 6450 by 416% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Radeon 530 1017
+416%

HD 6450 197

530 outperforms HD 6450 by 416% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Radeon 530 1542
+354%

HD 6450 340

530 outperforms HD 6450 by 354% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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

17
+467%

3−4

−467%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27

+380%

5−6
−380%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +400%	16 −400%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +400%	8 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +400%	10 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +400%	12 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +400%	20 −400%
Hitman 3	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +400%	18−20 −400%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +400%	13 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 +400%	13 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +400%	12−14 −400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +400%	14−16 −400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 +400%	15 −400%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +400%	7 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +400%	7−8 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 +400%	32 −400%
Hitman 3	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +400%	18−20 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +400%	10 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +400%	12−14 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +400%	11 −400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +400%	14−16 −400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 +400%	6−7 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +400%	10−12 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +400%	18−20 −400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +400%	12−14 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 +400%	6 −400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +400%	14−16 −400%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

+400%

6−7
−400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%
Hitman 3	40−45 +400%	8−9 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +400%	7−8 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

+400%

6−7
−400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +380%	5−6 −380%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

+350%

4−5
−350%

This is how Radeon 530 and HD 6450 compete in popular games:

Radeon 530 is 467% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.63	0.51
Recency	21 March 2017	7 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt