Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 vs Pro W5500M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro W5500M with Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5, including specs and performance data.
Pro W5500M outperforms HD 6450 GDDR5 by a whopping 833% 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 | 552 | 1191 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.52 | 2.54 |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | Caicos |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 February 2020 (6 years ago) | 18 April 2011 (15 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1408 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1450 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 27 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 127.6 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.083 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | no data |
| TMUs | 88 | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | no data |
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 4.0 x8 | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 11 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
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:
| 900p | 65−70
+829%
| 7
−829%
|
| Full HD | 130−140
+767%
| 15
−767%
|
| 1200p | 45−50
+800%
| 5
−800%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Valorant | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 29
+0%
|
29
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Valorant | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Valorant | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how Pro W5500M and HD 6450 GDDR5 compete in popular games:
- Pro W5500M is 829% faster in 900p
- Pro W5500M is 767% faster in 1080p
- Pro W5500M is 800% faster in 1200p
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 35 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.30 | 0.89 |
| Recency | 10 February 2020 | 18 April 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 27 Watt |
Pro W5500M has a 833% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471% more advanced lithography process.
HD 6450 GDDR5, on the other hand, has 215% lower power consumption.
The Radeon Pro W5500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro W5500M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 is a desktop one.
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