GeForce GTS 450 OEM vs HD Graphics (Haswell)
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1219 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Haswell GT1 | GF106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 October 2012 (13 years ago) | 11 October 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $129 |
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 | 10 | 144 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 790 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 106 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 18.96 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.455 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 24 |
| TMUs | no data | 24 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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 | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 210 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 1536 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 96 GB/s |
| 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 | no data | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2012 | 11 October 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 40 nm |
HD Graphics (Haswell) has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 82% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Haswell) and GeForce GTS 450 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that HD Graphics (Haswell) is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTS 450 OEM is a desktop one.
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