GeForce GTS 450 OEM vs GTS 250

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1072	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	no data
Power efficiency	0.70	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	G92B	GF106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	4 March 2009 (17 years ago)	11 October 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	144
Core clock speed	738 MHz	790 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	44.93	18.96
Floating-point processing power	0.3871 TFLOPS	0.455 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	24
TMUs	64	24
L1 Cache	no data	192 KB
L2 Cache	64 KB	384 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	210 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	96 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.0	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 March 2009	11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	106 Watt