Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 6450 vs Radeon R5 230
AMD
Radeon HD 6450
512 Mb GDDR5
Released 7 Apr 2011
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon R5 230
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 3 Apr 2014
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6450
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R5 230
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 6450 | Radeon R5 230 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Caicos (Caicos PRO) | Caicos (Caicos PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 67 mm² | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 370 million | 370 million |
| Shaders | 160 | 160 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 2 |
| Core clock | 625 MHz | 625 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 6450 | Radeon R5 230 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
3200 MHz effective | 667 MHz
1334 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6450 | Radeon R5 230 |
|---|
| TDP | 18 watts | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Apr 2011 | 3 Apr 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 64502.50 GP/s
- Radeon R5 2302.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 64505.00 GT/s
- Radeon R5 2305.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 645025.60 GB/s
- Radeon R5 23010.67 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 6450200.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R5 230200.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better