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

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features GPU core speed of 975 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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

In theory, the Radeon R7 370 2G will be 1300% faster than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) overall, due to its greater data rate. (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 much (about 1148%) better at texture 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 AA than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), and also should 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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.