Tegra 4 GPU vs GeForce GTS 450 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	VLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	GF106	Tegra 4
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	11 October 2010 (15 years ago)	1 August 2013 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data

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	144	no data
Core clock speed	790 MHz	672 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	11 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.96	2.688
Floating-point processing power	0.455 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	4
TMUs	24	4
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	384 KB	no data

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	IGP
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	192 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	N/A
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	ES 3.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 October 2010	1 August 2013
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	20 Watt