ATI Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition vs HD 6450M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1239not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameSeymourRV770
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (14 years ago)6 January 2009 (16 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 cores160800
Core clock speed600 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors370 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rate4.80030.00
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPS1.2 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs840

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz850 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s108.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2011 6 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm

HD 6450M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6450M and Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6450M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition is a desktop one.

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