Radeon Vega 7 vs HD 8450G

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8450G and Radeon Vega 7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 8450G
2013
35 Watt
0.88

Vega 7 outperforms HD 8450G by a whopping 744% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1137540
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Power efficiency1.7311.39
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameScrapperCezanne
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)13 April 2021 (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 cores192448
Core clock speed533 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed720 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors1,303 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate8.64053.20
Floating-point processing power0.2765 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs1228

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceIGPIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory++

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1
VulkanN/A1.2

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.

HD 8450G 0.88
Vega 7 7.43
+744%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 8450G 724
Vega 7 5249
+625%

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.

HD 8450G 465
Vega 7 3348
+621%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 8450G 3169
Vega 7 24726
+680%

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 HD15
−60%
24
+60%
1440p2−3
−1150%
25
+1150%
4K2−3
−800%
18
+800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−467%
16−18
+467%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−800%
18
+800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−467%
16−18
+467%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−600%
14
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−640%
37
+640%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−213%
24−27
+213%
Valorant 30−33
−150%
75−80
+150%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−467%
16−18
+467%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 33
−75.8%
58
+75.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−400%
10
+400%
Dota 2 14−16
−686%
110−120
+686%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−600%
35
+600%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−1200%
13
+1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−188%
23
+188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−280%
19
+280%
Valorant 30−33
−143%
73
+143%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−350%
9
+350%
Dota 2 14−16
−686%
110−120
+686%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−440%
27
+440%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−213%
24−27
+213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−160%
13
+160%
Valorant 30−33
+20%
25
−20%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 4−5
−1250%
50−55
+1250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
−680%
35−40
+680%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 6−7
Far Cry 5 0−1 14−16
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−750%
16−18
+750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Valorant 5−6
−400%
25
+400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 2−3
Far Cry 5 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 28
+0%
28
+0%
Far Cry 5 20
+0%
20
+0%
Fortnite 63
+0%
63
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 18
+0%
18
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 23
+0%
23
+0%
Far Cry 5 18
+0%
18
+0%
Fortnite 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 17
+0%
17
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Far Cry 5 18
+0%
18
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12
+0%
12
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14
+0%
14
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 48
+0%
48
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how HD 8450G and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • Vega 7 is 60% faster in 1080p
  • Vega 7 is 1150% faster in 1440p
  • Vega 7 is 800% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 8450G is 20% faster.
  • in Fortnite, with 1440p resolution and the Epic Preset, the Vega 7 is 1300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 8450G is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Vega 7 is ahead in 34 tests (56%)
  • there's a draw in 26 tests (43%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.88 7.43
Recency 23 May 2013 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

HD 8450G has 28.6% lower power consumption.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has a 744.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8450G in performance tests.

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