Radeon HD 6450 vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Place in the ranking	278	1228
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.60	no data
Power efficiency	17.15	1.98
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GP106	Caicos
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	15 August 2016 (8 years ago)	7 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1060 Mobile and HD 6450 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	1280	160
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	750 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	133.6	5.000
Floating-point processing power	4.275 TFLOPS	0.2 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	4
TMUs	80	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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 2.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	168 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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
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 Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Eyefinity	-	+
Number of Eyefinity displays	no data	4
HDMI	-	+
HDCP	2.2	-
DisplayPort support	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	-	+
GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	6.4	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	+	-

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.

GTX 1060 Mobile 19.68
+3759%

HD 6450 0.51

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.

GTX 1060 Mobile 11558
+3299%

HD 6450 340

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	67 +6600%	1−2 −6600%
1440p	43 +4200%	1−2 −4200%
4K	28	0−1

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.54	55.00
1440p	5.51	55.00
4K	8.47	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 +6100%	1−2 −6100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	53 +5200%	1−2 −5200%
Battlefield 5	78 +3800%	2−3 −3800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	61 +6000%	1−2 −6000%
Cyberpunk 2077	30	0−1
Far Cry 5	75 +7400%	1−2 −7400%
Far Cry New Dawn	76 +7500%	1−2 −7500%
Forza Horizon 4	229 +4480%	5−6 −4480%
Hitman 3	54 +5300%	1−2 −5300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	136 +4433%	3−4 −4433%
Metro Exodus	81 +3950%	2−3 −3950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	74 +7300%	1−2 −7300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	119 +3867%	3−4 −3867%
Watch Dogs: Legion	137 +4467%	3−4 −4467%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	91 +4450%	2−3 −4450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45 +4400%	1−2 −4400%
Battlefield 5	69 +6800%	1−2 −6800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55 +5400%	1−2 −5400%
Cyberpunk 2077	25	0−1
Far Cry 5	59 +5800%	1−2 −5800%
Far Cry New Dawn	58 +5700%	1−2 −5700%
Forza Horizon 4	210 +4100%	5−6 −4100%
Hitman 3	51 +5000%	1−2 −5000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	134 +4367%	3−4 −4367%
Metro Exodus	70 +6900%	1−2 −6900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	62 +6100%	1−2 −6100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	80 +3900%	2−3 −3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	122 +3967%	3−4 −3967%
Watch Dogs: Legion	133 +4333%	3−4 −4333%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	37	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40 +3900%	1−2 −3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	23	0−1
Far Cry 5	43 +4200%	1−2 −4200%
Forza Horizon 4	71 +7000%	1−2 −7000%
Hitman 3	45 +4400%	1−2 −4400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	66 +6500%	1−2 −6500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	68 +6700%	1−2 −6700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +3800%	1−2 −3800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	28	0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

59
+5800%

1−2

−5800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	41 +4000%	1−2 −4000%
Far Cry New Dawn	40 +3900%	1−2 −3900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	0−1
Far Cry 5	28	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	173 +4225%	4−5 −4225%
Hitman 3	24−27	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	48 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Metro Exodus	45 +4400%	1−2 −4400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +4300%	1−2 −4300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	129 +4200%	3−4 −4200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40
+3900%

1−2

−3900%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	22	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	21	0−1
Hitman 3	16−18	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	59 +5800%	1−2 −5800%
Metro Exodus	22	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	13	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	14	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	35	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

This is how GTX 1060 Mobile and HD 6450 compete in popular games:

GTX 1060 Mobile is 6600% faster in 1080p
GTX 1060 Mobile is 4200% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.68	0.51
Recency	15 August 2016	7 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	30 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has a 3758.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6450, on the other hand, has 166.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6450 is a desktop one.

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