HD Graphics 12EU vs Radeon RX 6450M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) | Generation 5.75 (2010) |
| GPU code name | Navi 24 | Ironlake |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 10 January 2010 (14 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 | 768 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 2000 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2460 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,400 million | 177 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 118.1 | 6.396 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.779 TFLOPS | 0.1023 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 |
| TMUs | 48 | 12 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 12 | no data |
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 4.0 x4 | QPI |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | Motherboard Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 January 2023 | 10 January 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 35 Watt |
RX 6450M has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.
HD Graphics 12EU, on the other hand, has 42.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6450M and HD Graphics 12EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 6450M is a notebook card while HD Graphics 12EU is a desktop 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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