GeForce GTS 450 vs FirePro W5170M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5170M with GeForce GTS 450, including specs and performance data.

W5170M
2014
2 GB GDDR5
5.57
+66.8%

W5170M outperforms GTS 450 by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking610739
Place by popularitynot in top-10096
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.64
Power efficiencyno data2.21
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameTropoGF106
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date25 August 2014 (10 years ago)13 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores640192
Core clock speed900 MHz783 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data100 °C
Texture fill rate37.0025.06
Floating-point processing power1.184 TFLOPS0.6013 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4032

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0 x 16
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s57.7 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Eyefinity+-
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

W5170M 5.57
+66.8%
GTS 450 3.34

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

W5170M 2191
+66.7%
GTS 450 1314

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

W5170M 4197
+122%
GTS 450 1888

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

W5170M 2909
+88.3%
GTS 450 1545

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

W5170M 19095
+53.4%
GTS 450 12447

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

W5170M 8303
+68.3%
GTS 450 4934

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p45−50
+60.7%
28
−60.7%
Full HD27
−44.4%
39
+44.4%
1200p45−50
+66.7%
27
−66.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.31

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+83.3%
12−14
−83.3%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Fortnite 30−35
+88.2%
16−18
−88.2%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+60%
14−16
−60%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
Valorant 60−65
+33.3%
45−50
−33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Battlefield 5 21−24
+83.3%
12−14
−83.3%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 90−95
+5.8%
86
−5.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Dota 2 45−50
+50%
30−33
−50%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Fortnite 30−35
+88.2%
16−18
−88.2%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+60%
14−16
−60%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+50%
10−11
−50%
Valorant 60−65
+33.3%
45−50
−33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+83.3%
12−14
−83.3%
Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Dota 2 45−50
+50%
30−33
−50%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+129%
7−8
−129%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+60%
14−16
−60%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+42.9%
14−16
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Valorant 60−65
+33.3%
45−50
−33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−35
+88.2%
16−18
−88.2%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
+70.8%
24−27
−70.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+45.8%
24−27
−45.8%
Valorant 60−65
+87.5%
30−35
−87.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Forza Horizon 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Valorant 27−30
+68.8%
16−18
−68.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Dota 2 18−20
+90%
10−11
−90%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

This is how W5170M and GTS 450 compete in popular games:

  • W5170M is 61% faster in 900p
  • GTS 450 is 44% faster in 1080p
  • W5170M is 67% faster in 1200p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the W5170M is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, W5170M surpassed GTS 450 in all 61 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.57 3.34
Recency 25 August 2014 13 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

W5170M has a 66.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro W5170M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5170M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTS 450 is a desktop one.

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