GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q vs Radeon HD 6450
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1299 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.01 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Caicos | AD107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 7 April 2011 (14 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $55 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 160 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1140 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 750 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 18,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.000 | 141.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2 TFLOPS | 9.032 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 96 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 96 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | 3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 32 MB |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x8 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 256.0 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5) | no data |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | Portable Device Dependent |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 4 | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| DisplayPort support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 April 2011 | 3 January 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 35 Watt |
HD 6450 has 16.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 4060 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6450 and GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6450 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q is a notebook one.
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