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

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1400 MHz on this card. 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, the Radeon R7 370 2G should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) in general. (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 will be quite a bit (approximately 1148%) better at 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 is a lot (about 1148%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.