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AMD Radeon HD 7430M vs AMD Radeon HD 7450M vs AMD Radeon HD 7490M

AMD Radeon HD 7430M

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The AMD Radeon HD 7430M (sometimes also still called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 7430) is a laptop graphics card for entry level class notebooks. It is based on the same Seymore chip as th 6400M series and therfore should be just a renamed Radeon HD 6450M (see for benchmarks)

The 120 Stream processors are still based on the "old" 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Tessellation performance should be improved (like the desktop 6800 series) with the new cards. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. With the later two the cores can also be used for general computations like transcoding videos.

The performance should be similar to the HD 6450M and therefore modern games like Anno 2070 may only run in low detail settings.

The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the graphics card.

Furthermore, the HD 7400M/6400M series integrates a HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g. for Blu-Ray videos).

The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (integrated and external). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidias 3D Vision.

Thanks to Eyefinity the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.

The power consumption of the chip should be similar to the Mobility Radeon HD 5450 and therefore suited for 13" laptops and up.

AMD Radeon HD 7450M

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The AMD Radeon HD 7450M (sometimes also still called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 7450) is a laptop graphics card for entry level to middle class notebooks. It is based on the old Seymore chip and therefore feature the UVD 3 video decoder. Technically it is therefore just a renamed Radeon HD 6400M chip and due to the support of fast GDDR5, the HD 6450M or HD 6490M should be comparable. The DDR3 version should offer slightly faster clock rates than the GDDR5 version and therefore both should perform similar.

The 120 Stream processors should be still based on the "old" 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Tessellation performance should be improved (like the desktop 6800 series) with the new cards. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. With the later two the cores can also be used for general computations like transcoding videos.

The performance is somewhere between the 6450M and 6490M depending on the clock speeds and the used graphics memory. The HD 6490M for example was able to run modern games like Starcraft 2 and Call of Duty Black Ops in medium settings and XGA resolution fluently. Very demanding games like Metro 2033 should be playable only in the lowest settings and resolution.

The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the graphics card.

Furthermore, the HD 6400M series integrates a HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g. für Blu-Ray videos).

The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (integrated and external). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidias 3D Vision.

Thanks to Eyefinity the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.

The power consumption of the chip should be similar to the Mobility Radeon HD 5470 and therefore suited for 13" laptops and up.

AMD Radeon HD 7490M

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The AMD Radeon HD 7490M (sometimes also still called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 7490) is a laptop graphics card for entry-level to middle-class notebooks. It is based on the old 40nm Seymore-XT chip and is therefore just a renamed version of the Radeon HD 6490M. Depending on the notebook, the card can be clocked at 800 MHz for the core and 950 MHz for the GDDR5 memory.

The 160 Stream processors are still based on the "old" 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not directly comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. The latter two APIs allow the Stream processors to be used for more general computational work, such as video transcoding.

The performance of the 7490M should be above the Nvidia GeForce GT 520M. Therefore, the card is positioned in the lower middle class and allows current games to play in medium detail and resolution settings. In our tests with a similar Radeon HD 6490M in a 15" MBP, modern games like Starcraft 2 and Mafia 2 reached about 30fps in medium detail settings under a resolution of 1024x768. Less demanding and older games like Trackmania also ran in high details and resolution settings. However, Battlefield 3 may not run at all and demanding games like Dirt 3 will only be playable in low settings.

The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the graphics card.

Furthermore, the HD 7400M series integrates an HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos).

The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (both integrated and external). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidias 3D Vision.

Thanks to Eyefinity, the AMD graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.

The power consumption of the chip should be similar to the Radeon HD 6490M and is therefore suited for 13" or larger laptops.

AMD Radeon HD 7430MAMD Radeon HD 7450MAMD Radeon HD 7490M
Radeon HD 7400M Series
Radeon HD 7490M 160 @ 0.8 GHz64 Bit @ 3800 MHz
Radeon HD 7470M 160 @ 0.75 GHz64 Bit @ 3200 / 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7450M 160 @ 0.7 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7430M 160 @ 0.6 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7490M 160 @ 0.8 GHz64 Bit @ 3800 MHz
Radeon HD 7470M 160 @ 0.75 GHz64 Bit @ 3200 / 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7450M 160 @ 0.7 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7430M 160 @ 0.6 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7490M 160 @ 0.8 GHz64 Bit @ 3800 MHz
Radeon HD 7470M 160 @ 0.75 GHz64 Bit @ 3200 / 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7450M 160 @ 0.7 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7430M 160 @ 0.6 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameSeymour-PROSeymour-PROSeymour XTX
ArchitectureTerascale 2Terascale 2Terascale 2
Pipelines160 - unified160 - unified160 - unified
Core Speed600 MHz700 MHz800 MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz1800 MHz3800 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit64 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3DDR3, GDDR5GDDR5
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology40 nm40 nm40 nm
Date of Announcement09.01.2012 08.02.2012 07.12.2011
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 613     avg: 652     median: 652 (1%)     max: 691 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 547     avg: 582     median: 581.5 (0%)     max: 616 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 7450M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 2034     avg: 2281     median: 2280.5 (1%)     max: 2527 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon HD 7450M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 1716     avg: 1938     median: 1938 (1%)     max: 2160 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
14302 Points (7%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
8358 Points (9%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon HD 7450M
3DMark 06
min: 3886     avg: 4347     median: 4346.5 (6%)     max: 4807 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
min: 6.3     avg: 6.9     median: 6.9 (1%)     max: 7.4 fps
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 6.1     avg: 6.3     median: 6.3 (80%)     max: 6.5 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 4.7     avg: 5.3     median: 5.3 (67%)     max: 5.9 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon HD 7450M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
3513 Points (2%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon HD 7450M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
17.5 fps (6%)

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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.

Fifa 13

Fifa 13

2012
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
81  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
60  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
56  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon HD 7450M:
24  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
18  fps
Star Wars: The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic

2011
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
25.6  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
16.8  fps
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
48.1 54.5 ~ 51 fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
17.1 21 ~ 19 fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
13.6  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon HD 7450M:
29.5  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
20.2  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
13.1  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
17.5 21.8 ~ 20 fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
13.9 14.8 ~ 14 fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
11.2  fps
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
Radeon HD 7450M:
87 125.3 ~ 106 fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
56 69.9 ~ 63 fps
high 1360x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
40 55.6 ~ 48 fps
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
low 800x600
Radeon HD 7450M:
49  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
30  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
21  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
61.3  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
19.8  fps
Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
Radeon HD 7450M:
75.7  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
38.3  fps
high 1360x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
25  fps
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

2011
low 800x600
Radeon HD 7450M:
35  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
23.5  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
17.7  fps
low 800x600
Radeon HD 7450M:
52.8  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
36.5  fps
high 1360x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
30.1  fps
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
Radeon HD 7450M:
34.4  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
29.2  fps
high 1360x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
24.7  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
92.9  fps
med. 1360x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
28.4  fps
high 1360x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
19.8  fps
low 800x600
Radeon HD 7450M:
34.2  fps
med. 1360x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
17.5  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
Radeon HD 7450M:
49.6  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 7450M:
22.4  fps
AMD Radeon HD 7450Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Fifa 13816056
Mass Effect 32418
Star Wars: The Old Republic25.616.8
Anno 2070511913.6
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim29.520.213.1
Battlefield 3201411.2
Fifa 121066348
F1 2011493021
Deus Ex Human Revolution61.319.8
Dirt 375.738.325
Crysis 23523.517.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops52.836.530.1
Mafia 234.429.224.7
StarCraft 292.928.419.8
Metro 203334.217.5
Risen49.622.4
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