GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs 9800 GX2
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms 9800 GX2 by a whopping 174% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1004 | 717 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.56 | 2.84 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | G92 | GF116 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 March 2008 (17 years ago) | 15 March 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 256 (128 per GPU) ×2 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 783 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 197 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 ×2 | 25.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.384 TFLOPS ×2 | 0.6013 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 ×2 | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 ×2 | 32 |
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 | 267 mm | 210 mm |
| Height | 2-slot | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 | 512 MB ×2 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 902 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128 (64 per GPU) ×2 | 57.73 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 | HDMIDual 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 compatibility
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 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | 2.1 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.52 | 4.16 |
| Recency | 18 March 2008 | 15 March 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 197 Watt | 106 Watt |
GTS 450 Rev. 2 has a 173.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 85.8% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800 GX2 in performance tests.
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