Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features core speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		340 points
	Difference: 5242 (1542%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		31 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 79 Watts (255%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 370 2G is 1300% faster than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 166400 (1300%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be quite a bit (more or less 1148%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		5000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57400 (1148%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a lot (about 1148%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		2500 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28700 (1148%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.