ION vs Radeon HD 6450

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6450 with ION, including specs and performance data.

HD 6450
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 30 Watt
0.51
+132%

HD 6450 outperforms ION by a whopping 132% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12321376
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.940.75
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameCaicosC7A-ION
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date7 April 2011 (13 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$55 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores16016
Core clock speedno data450 MHz
Boost clock speed750 MHzno data
Number of transistors370 million282 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate5.0003.600
Floating-point processing power0.2 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)no data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays4no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1111.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
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.

HD 6450 0.51
+132%
ION 0.22

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6450 197
+135%
ION 84

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 0.22
Recency 7 April 2011 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 20 Watt

HD 6450 has a 131.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

ION, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that Radeon HD 6450 is a desktop card while ION is a notebook one.


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

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