GeForce Go 7400 vs Radeon HD 6450M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6450M and GeForce Go 7400, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6450M outperforms Go 7400 by a whopping 288% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1193 | 1415 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | G72 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 January 2011 (14 years ago) | 1 February 2006 (18 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 | 7 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 112 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 4.800 | 1.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.192 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
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 | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 7.2 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 | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
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
+300%
| 2−3
−300%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+20%
|
5−6
−20%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6
+25%
|
4−5
−25%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+33.3%
|
6−7
−33.3%
|
| Fortnite | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+20%
|
5−6
−20%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
+80%
|
5−6
−80%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6
+25%
|
4−5
−25%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+25%
|
4−5
−25%
|
| World of Tanks | 18−20
+80%
|
10−11
−80%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
+33.3%
|
6−7
−33.3%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+20%
|
5−6
−20%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
+80%
|
5−6
−80%
|
1440p
High Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
| World of Tanks | 2−3 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
| Valorant | 5−6
+25%
|
4−5
−25%
|
4K
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 1−2 | 0−1 |
This is how HD 6450M and Go 7400 compete in popular games:
- HD 6450M is 300% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 6450M is 300% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- HD 6450M is ahead in 18 tests (60%)
- there's a draw in 12 tests (40%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.66 | 0.17 |
| Recency | 4 January 2011 | 1 February 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 90 nm |
HD 6450M has a 288.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon HD 6450M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 7400 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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