Radeon HD 6450 vs HD 5850

Place in performance ranking	588	1191
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.81	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Cypress	Caicos
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	30 September 2009 (14 years ago)	7 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$55
Current price	$120 (0.4x MSRP)	$166 (3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 5850 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	1440	160
Core clock speed	725 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	750 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	151 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	52.20	5.000
Floating-point performance	2,088.0 gflops	200.0 gflops

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 support	no data	PCIe 2.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 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)

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	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	11.2 (11_0)	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	5.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	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.

ATI HD 5850 5.15
+910%

HD 6450 0.51

HD 5850 outperforms HD 6450 by 910% 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%

ATI HD 5850 1988
+909%

HD 6450 197

HD 5850 outperforms HD 6450 by 909% in Passmark.

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:

900p	59 +1080%	5−6 −1080%
Full HD	58 +1060%	5−6 −1060%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

90−95
+900%

9−10

−900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−105 +900%	10−11 −900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +900%	5−6 −900%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +900%	12−14 −900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +900%	10−12 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	90−95 +900%	9−10 −900%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +900%	10−12 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 +900%	14−16 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +900%	24−27 −900%
Hitman 3	100−105 +900%	10−11 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	260−270 +900%	24−27 −900%
Metro Exodus	100−105 +900%	10−11 −900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	140−150 +900%	14−16 −900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	180−190 +900%	18−20 −900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	230−240 +900%	21−24 −900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−105 +900%	10−11 −900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +900%	5−6 −900%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +900%	12−14 −900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +900%	10−12 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	90−95 +900%	9−10 −900%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +900%	10−12 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 +900%	14−16 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +900%	24−27 −900%
Hitman 3	100−105 +900%	10−11 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	260−270 +900%	24−27 −900%
Metro Exodus	100−105 +900%	10−11 −900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	140−150 +900%	14−16 −900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	180−190 +900%	18−20 −900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 +900%	10−12 −900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	230−240 +900%	21−24 −900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−105 +900%	10−11 −900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	50−55 +900%	5−6 −900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 +900%	10−12 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	90−95 +900%	9−10 −900%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +900%	10−12 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +900%	24−27 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	260−270 +900%	24−27 −900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	180−190 +900%	18−20 −900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110−120 +900%	10−12 −900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	230−240 +900%	21−24 −900%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

140−150
+900%

14−16

−900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−105 +900%	10−11 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	70−75 +900%	7−8 −900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 +900%	5−6 −900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 +900%	7−8 −900%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 +800%	2−3 −800%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +900%	8−9 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +900%	9−10 −900%
Hitman 3	90−95 +900%	9−10 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +900%	12−14 −900%
Metro Exodus	30−33 +900%	3−4 −900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +900%	4−5 −900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +800%	2−3 −800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95
+900%

9−10

−900%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +900%	4−5 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 +900%	3−4 −900%
Hitman 3	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +900%	5−6 −900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−33 +900%	3−4 −900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +800%	2−3 −800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +800%	2−3 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	30−33 +900%	3−4 −900%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +900%	4−5 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +900%	5−6 −900%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +900%	6−7 −900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%