UHD Graphics vs GeForce GTS 450 OEM
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 602 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 7 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 38.93 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Generation 11.0 (2019−2021) |
| GPU code name | GF106 | Jasper Lake GT1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 October 2010 (14 years ago) | 11 January 2021 (3 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 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 790 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 10 nm+ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 18.96 | 12.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.455 TFLOPS | 0.384 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
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 | Ring Bus |
| 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
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 | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 October 2010 | 11 January 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 10 Watt |
UHD Graphics has an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 960% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 OEM and UHD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 OEM is a desktop card while UHD Graphics is a notebook one.
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