GeForce 320M Mac Edition vs GTS 450 OEM
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF106 | C89 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 April 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $129 | no data |
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 | 144 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 790 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 486 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 23 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 18.96 | 7.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.455 TFLOPS | 0.0912 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 384 KB | no data |
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 | 210 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 October 2010 | 1 April 2010 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 23 Watt |
GTS 450 OEM has an age advantage of 6 months.
320M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 360.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 OEM and GeForce 320M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 OEM is a desktop graphics card while GeForce 320M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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