GeForce 9300M GS vs Radeon HD 6450M

Place in the ranking	1188	1354
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.39
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Seymour	G98
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)	4 June 2008 (16 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 cores	160	8
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	210 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	13 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.800	4.400
Floating-point processing power	0.192 TFLOPS	0.0224 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	no data	34
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	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).

Interface

PCIe 2.0 x16

MXM-I

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	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	11.2 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
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.

HD 6450M 0.65
+150%

9300M GS 0.26

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 6450M 1395
+422%

9300M GS 267

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

8
+167%

3−4

−167%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +7.1%	27−30 −7.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +7.1%	27−30 −7.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +7.1%	27−30 −7.1%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how HD 6450M and 9300M GS compete in popular games:

HD 6450M is 167% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the HD 6450M is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 6450M is ahead in 26 tests (90%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.65	0.26
Recency	4 January 2011	4 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm

HD 6450M has a 150% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6450M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9300M GS in performance tests.

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