GeForce 256 SDR vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	629	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GF116	NV10 A3
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	11 October 1999 (24 years ago)
Current price	no data	$30

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	783 MHz	120 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	17 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	25.06	0.48
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops	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	AGP 4x
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz	143 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.73 GB/s	1.144 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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x VGA
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 March 2011	11 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	220 nm

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