ATI Radeon HD 5470 vs HD 6450

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6450 and Radeon HD 5470, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6450
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
0.51

ATI HD 5470 outperforms HD 6450 by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12321172
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.942.52
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameCaicosCedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date7 April 2011 (13 years ago)13 February 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$55 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores16080
Core clock speedno data650 MHz
Boost clock speed750 MHzno data
Number of transistors370 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate5.0005.200
Floating-point processing power0.2 TFLOPS0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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 supportPCIe 2.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s6.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)no data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays4no 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 compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1111.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-N/A

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 0.51
ATI HD 5470 0.70
+37.3%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 6450 197
ATI HD 5470 268
+36%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 0.70
Recency 7 April 2011 13 February 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 19 Watt

HD 6450 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI HD 5470, on the other hand, has a 37.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, and 57.9% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 5470 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 in performance tests.


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