ATI Radeon HD 5450 vs R2 (Stoney Ridge)

Place in the ranking	1102	1287
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.70	1.26
Architecture	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Stoney Ridge	Cedar
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	4 February 2010 (14 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	128	80
Core clock speed	no data	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	5.200
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	8

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	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	no data	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 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 data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.0
OpenGL	no data	4.4
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A

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. 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.

R2 (Stoney Ridge) 1.03
+194%

ATI HD 5450 0.35

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.

R2 (Stoney Ridge) 512
+122%

ATI HD 5450 230

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +220%	10−11 −220%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +220%	10−11 −220%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +225%	4−5 −225%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +220%	10−11 −220%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+300%

1−2

−300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.03	0.35
Recency	1 June 2016	4 February 2010
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	19 Watt

R2 (Stoney Ridge) has a 194.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 26.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5450 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.