GeForce GTS 450 vs GRID M3-3020
Aggregate performance score
GRID M3-3020 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by a whopping 124% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 494 | 695 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.31 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | GF106 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 May 2016 (8 years ago) | 13 September 2010 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $129 |
| Current price | no data | $127 (1x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 192 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 1033 MHz | 783 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1306 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 106 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Texture fill rate | 52.24 | 25.1 billion/sec |
| Floating-point performance | 1,672 gflops | 601.3 gflops |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) |
| Height | no data | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 6-pin |
| SLI options | 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5200 MHz | 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 83.2 GB/s | 57.7 GB/s |
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 Connectors | No outputs | Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI |
| HDMI | no data | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | Internal |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.0 | + |
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:
| 900p | 60−65
+114%
| 28
−114%
|
| Full HD | 85−90
+118%
| 39
−118%
|
| 1200p | 60−65
+122%
| 27
−122%
|
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.64 | 3.41 |
| Recency | 18 May 2016 | 13 September 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
The GRID M3-3020 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 in performance tests.
Be aware that GRID M3-3020 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTS 450 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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