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AMD Radeon Pro 450

AMD Radeon Pro 450

The AMD Radeon Pro 450 is mobile graphics card for laptops that can be found in the entry-level model of the Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15 Late 2016. It is based on the small Polaris 11 chip which is manufactured in 14 nm FinFET at Globalfoundries. Compared to the similar Radeon RX 460 (see for benchmarks), the Pro 450 features only 640 shaders (compared to the 896) and achieves a peak performance of 1 TFLOPS (versus the 2.2 of the RX 460). The Pro 455 is 30% faster with 1.3 TFLOPS and the Pro 460 86% faster (peak performance).

The graphics performance in our first tests (e.g. 3DMark 11) is slightly above a GeForce GTX 950M. A major drawback is the small VRAM size of only 2 GB GDDR5. Furthermore, Apple and AMD don't provide driver updates for Windows using Bootcamp. The only option is to use modified drivers from BootcampDrivers.com.

The features of the Radeon Pro 450 are identical to the faster RX 460 and all other Polaris chips. See more details on the Polaris architecture here. According to AMD the Pro 450 supports DisplayPort 1.2 (although the Polaris chips should support 1.4) and HDMI 2.0 via USB-C adapter.

The power envelope of the faster Radeon Pro 460 is rated at 35 Watt according to the AMD blog post. Due to the slower specs, the Radeon Pro 450 should use slightly less.

Radeon RX 400M Series

Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) compare 2304 256 Bit
Radeon RX 490M compare
Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) compare 896 @ 1.18 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon Pro 460 compare 1024 @ 0.9 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 455 compare 768 @ 0.86 GHz128 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon Pro 450 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 5080 MHz
CodenamePolaris 11
ArchitecturePolaris
Pipelines640 - unified
Core Speed800 MHz
Memory Speed5080 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan
Power Consumption75 Watt
Transistor Count3 Billion
technology14 nm
FeaturesDisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement27.10.2016
Link to Manufacturer Pagecreators.radeon.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
- 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 1280x720
38.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
12  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
F1 2017

F1 2017

2017
low 1280x720
95  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
41  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
33  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
high 1920x1080
47.5  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
19.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
68.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
26.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
16.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
48.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
21.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
18.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
For Honor

For Honor

2017
low 1280x720
82.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
29.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
27.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
47.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
29.5  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
58.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
36  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
high 1920x1080
63.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
101  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
24.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
61  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
25.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Mafia 3

Mafia 3

2016
low 1280x720
28.3  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
51.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17.4 18.3 ~ 18 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset 2xAF 1920x1080
21.9
Overwatch

Overwatch

2016
low 1280x720
153  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
57  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
39.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Doom

Doom

2016
low 1280x720
53.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
77  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Additional Benchmarks
Medium Preset 4xAF 1920x1080
28.3
med. 1920x1080
29  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
26  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
XCOM 2

XCOM 2

2016
low 1280x720
63.7  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
24.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
15.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
5.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
66.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.7 20.9 ~ 21 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
high 1920x1080
39.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
34.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Fallout 4

Fallout 4

2015
low 1280x720
70  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
24.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Anno 2205

Anno 2205

2015
low 1024x768
87  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
18.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
ultra 1920x1080
67.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
40.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
20.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Ark Survival Evolved38.912
F1 2017954133
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)63.3
Rocket League47.519.3
Mass Effect Andromeda68.226.516.4
Ghost Recon Wildlands48.221.318.58
For Honor82.329.327.919.4
Watch Dogs 247.417.6
Dishonored 229.5
Call of Duty Infinite Warfare58.736
Farming Simulator 1763.424.7
Battlefield 110124.221.7
Civilization VI6125.8
Mafia 328.3
Deus Ex Mankind Divided51.2187.5
Overwatch1535739.5
Doom53.420.4
The Division7721.615.8
Far Cry Primal292617
XCOM 263.724.215.55.6
Rise of the Tomb Raider66.621
Rainbow Six Siege39.634.1
Fallout 47024.1
Anno 22058718.3
World of Warships44.6
Dota 2 Reborn67.2
The Witcher 340.920.3
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