NVIDIA started GeForce GTS 450 sales 13 September 2010 at a recommended price of $129 . This is a Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 57.7 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm). 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 106 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GTS 450: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	689
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	0.31
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF106
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Current price	$127 (1x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GTS 450's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTS 450's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores	192
Core clock speed	783 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	1,170 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion/sec	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTS 450 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin
SLI options	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTS 450: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTS 450. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTS 450, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTS 450. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTS 450 3.41

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTS 450 1322

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 450 9758

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTS 450 4923

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTS 450 15

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTS 450 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p	28
Full HD	38
1200p	27

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Battlefield 5	8−9
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	6−7
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	9−10
Hitman 3	7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Battlefield 5	8−9
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	6−7
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	9−10
Hitman 3	7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7
Metro Exodus	5−6
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Battlefield 5	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	6−7
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11
Metro Exodus	2−3
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Hitman 3	3−4
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	0−1

Relative performance

GeForce GTS 450's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

Radeon 540 103.23

GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 103.23

FireStream 9270 101.47

GeForce GTS 450 100

Radeon HD 4870 X2 99.12

GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition 98.53

GeForce GTX 280 98.53

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTS 450 is Radeon HD 4870 X2, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.