GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 with GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

HD 6450 GDDR5
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 27 Watt
0.95

RTX 4060 Mobile outperforms HD 6450 GDDR5 by a whopping 4660% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking112273
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Power efficiency2.4527.42
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameCaicosAD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 April 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2023 (2 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 cores1603072
Core clock speed750 MHz1545 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1890 MHz
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rateno data181.4
Floating-point processing powerno data11.61 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data96
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.0 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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.

HD 6450 GDDR5 0.95
RTX 4060 Mobile 45.22
+4660%

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.

HD 6450 GDDR5 623
RTX 4060 Mobile 35751
+5638%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6450 GDDR5 2822
RTX 4060 Mobile 90275
+3099%

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.

HD 6450 GDDR5 464
RTX 4060 Mobile 26499
+5611%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 6450 GDDR5 4257
RTX 4060 Mobile 154535
+3530%

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:

900p7
−4186%
300−350
+4186%
Full HD15
−640%
111
+640%
1200p5
−4500%
230−240
+4500%
1440p1−2
−6100%
62
+6100%
4K0−139

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−1271%
96
+1271%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−3050%
126
+3050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−1257%
95
+1257%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1150%
50
+1150%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−3238%
267
+3238%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1350%
85−90
+1350%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−1043%
80
+1043%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−950%
42
+950%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−910%
101
+910%
Fortnite 3−4
−6267%
190−200
+6267%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−2588%
215
+2588%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−1658%
210−220
+1658%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1350%
85−90
+1350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−2667%
160−170
+2667%
World of Tanks 29
−862%
270−280
+862%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−929%
72
+929%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−875%
39
+875%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−950%
100−110
+950%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−2238%
187
+2238%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
−1658%
210−220
+1658%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−3400%
170−180
+3400%
World of Tanks 5−6
−5720%
290−300
+5720%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−700%
24
+700%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2820%
140−150
+2820%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1800%
76
+1800%
Valorant 6−7
−2467%
150−160
+2467%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−317%
25
+317%
Dota 2 14−16
−407%
76
+407%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−407%
76
+407%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−5000%
150−160
+5000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−407%
76
+407%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−66.7%
10
+66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−400%
10
+400%
Dota 2 14−16
−740%
126
+740%
Far Cry 5 0−1 70−75
Valorant 1−2
−8200%
80−85
+8200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 145
+0%
145
+0%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Valorant 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Dota 2 149
+0%
149
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 142
+0%
142
+0%
Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%
Valorant 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Dota 2 156
+0%
156
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 112
+0%
112
+0%
Valorant 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 85
+0%
85
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 85
+0%
85
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 127
+0%
127
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Metro Exodus 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus 37
+0%
37
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Fortnite 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 62
+0%
62
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

This is how HD 6450 GDDR5 and RTX 4060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 4186% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 640% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 4500% faster in 1200p
  • RTX 4060 Mobile is 6100% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4060 Mobile is 8200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 Mobile is ahead in 36 tests (59%)
  • there's a draw in 25 tests (41%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.95 45.22
Recency 18 April 2011 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 115 Watt

HD 6450 GDDR5 has 325.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 4060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 4660% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
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