AMD Radeon HD 6450 vs Intel HD Graphics 400

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Combined performance score

HD Graphics 400
1.12
+120%

HD Graphics 400 outperforms Radeon HD 6450 by 120% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking10371184
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBraswell GT1Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date1 April 2015 (8 years old)7 April 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$55
Current price$710 $166 (3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 400 and HD 6450 have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

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 cores96160
Core clock speed320 MHzno data
Boost clock speed640 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors189 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate7.6805.000
Floating-point performance134.4 gflops200.0 gflops

Size and 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 supportno dataPCIe 2.0 x8
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x1PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

Memory

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 typeDDR3LGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)

Video outputs and ports

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinityno data1
Number of Eyefinity displaysno data4
HDMIno data+
DisplayPort supportno data+

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
CrossFireno data1
Endurono data-
HD3Dno data-
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data-

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.34.4
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.80no data
Mantleno 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.

HD Graphics 400 1.12
+120%
HD 6450 0.51

HD Graphics 400 outperforms Radeon HD 6450 by 120% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

HD Graphics 400 450
+32.4%
HD 6450 340

HD Graphics 400 outperforms Radeon HD 6450 by 32% 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.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.12 0.51
Recency 1 April 2015 7 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 30 Watt

The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 in performance tests.


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