GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 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) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | GF106 | AD103 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 11 October 2010 (15 years ago) | March 2024 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $129 | $599 |
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 | 5888 |
| Core clock speed | 790 MHz | 1920 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2475 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 18.96 | 455.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.455 TFLOPS | 29.15 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 64 |
| TMUs | 24 | 184 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 184 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 5.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 384 KB | 36 MB |
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 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 210 mm | 240 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 16-pin |
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 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 504.2 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 200 Watt |
GTS 450 OEM has 88.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 4070 AD103, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 OEM and GeForce RTX 4070 AD103. We've got no test results to judge.
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