Radeon PRO W7900 vs HD 8450G

Place in performance ranking	1085	11
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	7.35
Architecture	Terascale 3 (2010−2013)	RDNA 3.0 (2022)
GPU code name	Richland	Navi 31
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	12 March 2013 (11 years ago)	13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$3,999
Current price	$338	$4649 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

PRO W7900 has 36650% better value for money than HD 8450G.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	192	6144
Core clock speed	533 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	720 MHz	2495 MHz
Number of transistors	1,303 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	295 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.640	958.1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8450G and Radeon PRO W7900 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	280 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	48 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	864.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	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 Connectors

No outputs

3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

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 8450G 0.90

PRO W7900 75.33
+8270%

PRO W7900 outperforms HD 8450G by 8270% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 8450G 348

PRO W7900 29149
+8276%

PRO W7900 outperforms HD 8450G by 8276% in Passmark.

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

−8233%

1250−1300
+8233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−8233%

250−260

+8233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −8233%	750−800 +8233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −8233%	500−550 +8233%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −8233%	750−800 +8233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2 −7900%	80−85 +7900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −8233%	500−550 +8233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Hitman 3	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −8025%	650−700 +8025%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −7900%	400−450 +7900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −7900%	80−85 +7900%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −7900%	160−170 +7900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −7900%	80−85 +7900%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −7900%	80−85 +7900%
Hitman 3	1−2 −7900%	80−85 +7900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −7757%	550−600 +7757%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 −8233%	250−260 +8233%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −7900%	400−450 +7900%

This is how HD 8450G and PRO W7900 compete in popular games:

PRO W7900 is 8233% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.90	75.33
Recency	12 March 2013	13 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	48 GB
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	295 Watt