UHD Graphics 730 vs Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5

Place in the ranking	1114	683
Place by popularity	not in top-100	94
Power efficiency	2.48	19.33
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Caicos	Raptor Lake GT1
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 April 2011 (13 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year 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	160	192
Core clock speed	750 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	18.60
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.5952 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	6
TMUs	no data	12

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	Ring Bus
Width	no data	IGP

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	System Shared
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

Motherboard Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3

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	7 −329%	30−35 +329%
Full HD	15 −333%	65−70 +333%
1200p	5 −320%	21−24 +320%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−300%

12−14

+300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −306%	130−140 +306%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −306%	130−140 +306%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Hitman 3	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −306%	130−140 +306%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−300%

4−5
+300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Hitman 3	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−300%

12−14

+300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
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

−300%

8−9
+300%

This is how HD 6450 GDDR5 and UHD Graphics 730 compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics 730 is 329% faster in 900p
UHD Graphics 730 is 333% faster in 1080p
UHD Graphics 730 is 320% faster in 1200p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.96	4.16
Recency	18 April 2011	3 January 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	15 Watt

UHD Graphics 730 has a 333.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

The UHD Graphics 730 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 in performance tests.

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