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AMD Radeon HD 8450G

The AMD Radeon HD 8450G is a processor graphics card in the AMD Richland APUs (for example, the A6-5350M). It offers only 192 VLIW4 shader cores vs 384 shader cores of the 8650G. The 8450G has no dedicated graphics memory and shares the main memory with the CPU cores.

The integrated UVD3 video decoder allows for full decoding of Multi-View Codec (MVC), MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX, xVid), MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and Adobe Flash HD videos.

According to the clock rate range of 533 - 720 MHz, performance is only a few percentage points above a Radeon HD 7520G. Thus, the Radeon HD 8450G performs similarly to a dedicated Radeon HD 7470M. Modern and demanding games as of 2013/2014 will run fluently only in low settings and resolutions. Without fast dual-channel memory, performance will be even worse.

The shaders of the chip can also be used for general computing.

The APU is manufactured in 32nm and is rated at a TDP of 35 W. This allows the chip to be used in notebooks from 13- to 14-inches or larger.

Radeon HD 8000G Series

Radeon HD 8650G compare 384 @ 0.53 - 0.72 GHz
Radeon HD 8510G compare 384 @ 0.45 - 0.55 GHz
Radeon HD 8550G compare 256 @ 0.52 - 0.72 GHz
Radeon HD 8610G compare 384 @ 0.53 - 0.63 GHz
Radeon HD 8450G 192 @ 0.53 - 0.72 GHz
Radeon HD 8410G compare 192 @ 0.45 - 0.6 GHz
Radeon HD 8350G compare 128 @ 0.51 - 0.72 GHz
Radeon HD 8310G compare 128 @ 0.42 - 0.55 GHz
CodenameRichland
ArchitectureTerascale 3
Pipelines192 - unified
Core Speed533 - 720 (Boost) MHz
Shared Memoryyes
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.2
technology32 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement12.03.2013
CPU in Radeon HD 8450GGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
AMD A6-5350M2 x 2900 MHz, 35 W533 MHz720 MHz
AMD A6-5357M2 x 2900 MHz, 35 W533 MHz720 MHz
min. - max.533 MHz720 MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
0.2 pt (1%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 3744     avg: 3868     median: 3868 (5%)     max: 3992 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1024x768
23.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
13.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
58  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
28  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
16.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
12.8  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
28.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1280x720
26.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
11.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
39  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
25.8  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
15.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Titanfall

Titanfall

2014
low 1024x768
34.1 38.5 ~ 36 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
16.1 22.7 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
10.2 10.3 11.7 ~ 11 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
7.4 7.4 9.8 ~ 8 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
4.3  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
20  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
16.8  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
38.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
17.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
7.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
5.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
19.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
27.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
12.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
28  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
19.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
14.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
4.6  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
29  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
17  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
F1 2013

F1 2013

2013
low 1024x768
36  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
26  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
23  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Fifa 14

Fifa 14

2013
ultra 1920x1080
54  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
29.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
21.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
17.6  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
14.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
12.8  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
7.2  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
19.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
11.9  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
7.7  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.