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AMD Radeon R7 450

The AMD Radeon R7 450 is a graphics card released on June 30, 2016, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 512 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 72.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.05 GHz and a 65 W board power rating. It scores 1,876 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.3.

GCNCape Verde Pro28 nm

9/10 key specs recorded · 29 facts

Depth: 41 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

512cores

8 compute units

Memory

2 GB

GDDR5 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

1.05 GHz base

Board power

65 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon R7 450 scores 1,876 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 65.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,035), measured across 277 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 533.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,876

Rank #1,035
Faster than 65.1% of 2,658 GPUs
277 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 37 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 51.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 42.3% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 12 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 36.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 9 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 32.3% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 791 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 40.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon R7 450 averages DirectX 9 37 fps, DirectX 10 7 fps, DirectX 11 12 fps, DirectX 12 9 fps and GPU Compute 791 ops/s, across 277 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 1050 MHz

Memory clock 1125 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.3

Max TDP 65 W

First benchmarked 2016-10-09

Samples 277

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon R7 450 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 1050 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.3, first benchmarked on 2016-10-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Cape Verde Pro

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors 1,500 M

Die size 123 mm²

The AMD Radeon R7 450 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Cape Verde Pro graphics processor, is manufactured on a 28 nm process, contains 1,500 million transistors and has a die size of 123 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 512

Compute units 8

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R7 450 has 512 shading units, 8 compute units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The AMD Radeon R7 450 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon R7 450.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.05 GHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon R7 450 runs at a base clock of 1.05 GHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 72.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon R7 450 is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 72.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon R7 450 has a board power rating of 65 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 65 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched June 30, 2016

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon R7 450 was released on June 30, 2016.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,876

PassMark G2D 533

Rank #1,035

Samples 277

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon R7 450 supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.3.

DirectX 12 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.3 (stated by PassMark)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon R7 450. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon R7 450. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon R7 450.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon R7 450 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as AMD RadeonT R7 450 and AMD Radeon (TM) R7 450.

Other names (PassMark) AMD RadeonT R7 450; AMD Radeon (TM) R7 450

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon R7 450 have?

The AMD Radeon R7 450 has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 72.0 GB/s.

How much power does the AMD Radeon R7 450 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon R7 450 has a board power rating of 65 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon R7 450?

The AMD Radeon R7 450 scores 1,876 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 65.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,035. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 9 fps.

What bus interface does the AMD Radeon R7 450 use?

The AMD Radeon R7 450 connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the AMD Radeon R7 450 released?

The AMD Radeon R7 450 was released on June 30, 2016.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Cape Verde -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.