L40 vs Radeon HD 6450M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6450M with L40, including specs and performance data.
L40 outperforms HD 6450M by a whopping 8853% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1267 | 62 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 13.79 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | AD102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 4 January 2011 (15 years ago) | 13 October 2022 (3 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 cores | 160 | 18176 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2490 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.800 | 1,414 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.192 TFLOPS | 90.52 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 192 |
| TMUs | 8 | 568 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 568 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 142 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | 17.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 96 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-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 type | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 864.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| 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 | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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:
| Full HD | 8
−8650%
| 700−750
+8650%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−7900%
|
400−450
+7900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−8650%
|
700−750
+8650%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−8829%
|
2500−2550
+8829%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 18−20
−8847%
|
1700−1750
+8847%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−8650%
|
1050−1100
+8650%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−7900%
|
400−450
+7900%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−8650%
|
700−750
+8650%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−7900%
|
400−450
+7900%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−8829%
|
2500−2550
+8829%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−8650%
|
1050−1100
+8650%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−7900%
|
400−450
+7900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−8650%
|
700−750
+8650%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−7900%
|
400−450
+7900%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−8829%
|
2500−2550
+8829%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−8567%
|
260−270
+8567%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 3−4
−8567%
|
260−270
+8567%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−8233%
|
500−550
+8233%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−8400%
|
85−90
+8400%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−8829%
|
1250−1300
+8829%
|
| Valorant | 3−4
−8567%
|
260−270
+8567%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−8400%
|
170−180
+8400%
|
This is how HD 6450M and L40 compete in popular games:
- L40 is 8650% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.60 | 53.72 |
| Recency | 4 January 2011 | 13 October 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 4 nm |
L40 has a 8853% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.
The L40 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450M in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6450M is a notebook graphics card while L40 is a workstation one.
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