AMD Radeon Pro 450 vs AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon Pro 450
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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.
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
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The AMD Radeon RX 480 (formerly known as R9 M480 or RX 480M) is a mobile high end graphics cards. It is based on the new Polaris architecture (Polaris 10 chip) and manufactured in 14nm FinFET. It should be based on the same chip as the desktop RX 480 (see for benchmarks and specs) but maybe offer lower clock speeds. The card was never used in a laptop (up to now) and succeeded by the slightly improved Radeon RX 580.
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| Codename | Polaris 11 | Polaris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Polaris | Polaris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 640 - unified | 2304 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 800 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 5080 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 2048 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12, OpenGL Vulkan | DirectX 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 75 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 3 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 14 nm | 14 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready, HDMI 2.0, AMD FreeSync | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | large | large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 27.10.2016 | 01.08.2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | creators.radeon.com |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon Pro 450
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon Pro 450
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon Pro 450 → 100% n=2
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop) → 140% n=2
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
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.
Ark Survival Evolved
2017
F1 2017
2017
Rocket League
2017
For Honor
2017
Watch Dogs 2
2016
Dishonored 2
2016
Farming Simulator 17
2016
Battlefield 1
2016
Civilization VI
2016
Overwatch
2016
The Division
2016
Far Cry Primal
2016
XCOM 2
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
World of Warships
2015
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015Average Gaming AMD Radeon Pro 450 → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
| AMD Radeon Pro 450 | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K |
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| Ark Survival Evolved | 38.9 | 12 | ||||
| F1 2017 | 95 | 41 | 33 | |||
| Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) | 63.3 | |||||
| Rocket League | 47.5 | 19.3 | ||||
| Mass Effect Andromeda | 68.2 | 26.5 | 16.4 | |||
| Ghost Recon Wildlands | 48.2 | 21.3 | 18.5 | 8 | ||
| For Honor | 82.3 | 29.3 | 27.9 | 19.4 | ||
| Watch Dogs 2 | 47.4 | 17.6 | ||||
| Dishonored 2 | 29.5 | |||||
| Call of Duty Infinite Warfare | 58.7 | 36 | ||||
| Farming Simulator 17 | 63.4 | 24.7 | ||||
| Battlefield 1 | 101 | 24.2 | 21.7 | |||
| Civilization VI | 61 | 25.8 | ||||
| Mafia 3 | 28.3 | |||||
| Deus Ex Mankind Divided | 51.2 | 18 | 7.5 | |||
| Overwatch | 153 | 57 | 39.5 | |||
| Doom | 53.4 | 20.4 | ||||
| The Division | 77 | 21.6 | 15.8 | |||
| Far Cry Primal | 29 | 26 | 17 | |||
| XCOM 2 | 63.7 | 24.2 | 15.5 | 5.6 | ||
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 66.6 | 21 | ||||
| Rainbow Six Siege | 39.6 | 34.1 | ||||
| Fallout 4 | 70 | 24.1 | ||||
| Anno 2205 | 87 | 18.3 | ||||
| World of Warships | 44.6 | |||||
| Dota 2 Reborn | 67.2 | |||||
| The Witcher 3 | 40.9 | 20.3 | ||||
| < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 7 11 1 | 6 1 | 15 5 1 | 8 3 1 | | 1 |
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