Radeon 550X vs HD 6450 GDDR5

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 and Radeon 550X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6450 GDDR5
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 27 Watt
0.96

550X outperforms HD 6450 GDDR5 by a whopping 286% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1111704
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.475.16
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameCaicosLexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 April 2011 (13 years ago)27 March 2019 (5 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 cores160512
Core clock speed750 MHz1082 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1218 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data38.98
Floating-point processing powerno data1.247 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data2-slot
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.0 GB/s
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 data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
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:

900p7
−286%
27−30
+286%
Full HD15
−267%
55−60
+267%
1200p5
−260%
18−20
+260%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Hitman 3 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−275%
120−130
+275%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Hitman 3 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−275%
120−130
+275%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−275%
120−130
+275%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
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
−250%
7−8
+250%

This is how HD 6450 GDDR5 and Radeon 550X compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 550X is 286% faster in 900p
  • Radeon 550X is 267% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 550X is 260% faster in 1200p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.96 3.71
Recency 18 April 2011 27 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 50 Watt

HD 6450 GDDR5 has 85.2% lower power consumption.

Radeon 550X, on the other hand, has a 286.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 550X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 in performance tests.


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