Radeon PRO W7700 vs HD 6450 GDDR5

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 with Radeon PRO W7700, including specs and performance data.

HD 6450 GDDR5
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 27 Watt
0.96

PRO W7700 outperforms HD 6450 GDDR5 by a whopping 5971% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking111841
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data66.45
Power efficiency2.4421.03
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameCaicosNavi 32
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date18 April 2011 (13 years ago)13 November 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 MHz1900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2600 MHz
Number of transistorsno data28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rateno data499.2
Floating-point processing powerno data31.95 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data576.0 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 data4x DisplayPort 2.1

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 data2.2
Vulkan-1.3

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
−5614%
400−450
+5614%
Full HD15
−5900%
900−950
+5900%
1200p5
−5900%
300−350
+5900%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data1.11

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5900%
180−190
+5900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−5900%
300−310
+5900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−5900%
240−250
+5900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5900%
180−190
+5900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−5900%
120−130
+5900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−5900%
300−310
+5900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−5669%
750−800
+5669%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−5614%
400−450
+5614%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−5838%
1900−1950
+5838%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−5900%
300−310
+5900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−5900%
240−250
+5900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5900%
180−190
+5900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−5900%
120−130
+5900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−5900%
300−310
+5900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−5669%
750−800
+5669%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−5614%
400−450
+5614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−5900%
600−650
+5900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−5838%
1900−1950
+5838%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−5900%
300−310
+5900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−5900%
240−250
+5900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5900%
180−190
+5900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−5900%
300−310
+5900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−5669%
750−800
+5669%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−5614%
400−450
+5614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−5900%
600−650
+5900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−5838%
1900−1950
+5838%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Hitman 3 7−8
−5614%
400−450
+5614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−5900%
240−250
+5900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−5900%
240−250
+5900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−5900%
180−190
+5900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−5900%
120−130
+5900%

This is how HD 6450 GDDR5 and PRO W7700 compete in popular games:

  • PRO W7700 is 5614% faster in 900p
  • PRO W7700 is 5900% faster in 1080p
  • PRO W7700 is 5900% faster in 1200p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.96 58.28
Recency 18 April 2011 13 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 190 Watt

HD 6450 GDDR5 has 603.7% lower power consumption.

PRO W7700, on the other hand, has a 5970.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon PRO W7700 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 Radeon PRO W7700 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
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