AMD Radeon R7 250
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD Radeon R7 250
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6450

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R7 250  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6450.

599
Place in performance rating
1033
22.79
Value for money (0-100)
5.05
GCN
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Oland
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
1 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
7 April 2011 (10 years ago)
$89
Launch price (MSRP)
$55
$117 (1.3x MSRP)
Price now
$82 (1.5x MSRP)
reference
Design
reference
1.00
Value for money
0.01
Oland XT
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R7 250  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6450 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

384
Pipelines
160
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
750 MHz
950 million
Transistor count
370 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
25.20
Texture fill rate
5.000
716.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
750 MHz
950 million
Number of transistors
370 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
30 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R7 250 and AMD Radeon HD 6450 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
168 mm
Length
168 mm
N/A
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x8

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R7 250 vs AMD Radeon HD 6450.

DDR3, GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1150 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
72 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R7 250 vs AMD Radeon HD 6450.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
no data
Eyefinity
1
no data
Number of Eyefinity displays
4
+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
AppAcceleration
-
1
CrossFire
1
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
-
-
PowerTune
-
-
TrueAudio
-
-
ZeroCore
-
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R7 250 and AMD Radeon HD 6450 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
5.1
Shader Model
5.0
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 250 and AMD Radeon HD 6450 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R7 250 or AMD Radeon HD 6450 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250
AMD Radeon HD 6450
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250
AMD Radeon HD 6450
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250
AMD Radeon HD 6450
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250
AMD Radeon HD 6450
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 250
AMD Radeon HD 6450
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 250

4.65% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (72 GB/s vs 8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5))

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6450

Cheaper ($82 (1.5x MSRP) vs $117 (1.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 75 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R7 250 or AMD Radeon HD 6450?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 250 .

AMD Radeon R7 250 versus AMD Radeon HD 6450 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.9 Out of 37 Hitesti Score
3.8 Out of 52 Hitesti Score