GeForce GT 220 vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

Place in performance ranking	630	1173
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	GF116	GT216
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	12 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$79.99
Current price	no data	$121 (1.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	48
CUDA cores	no data	48
Core clock speed	783 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	58 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	25.06	9.840
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops	144 gflops

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).

Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	1-slot
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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz	790 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.73 GB/s	25.3 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	VGADVIHDMI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF + HDA

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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	3.1
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD

160−170
+662%

−662%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24

+600%

3−4
−600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Hitman 3	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +650%	12−14 −650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +614%	7−8 −614%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +678%	9−10 −678%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Hitman 3	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +650%	12−14 −650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +614%	7−8 −614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +678%	9−10 −678%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +650%	12−14 −650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +614%	7−8 −614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +678%	9−10 −678%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−33 +650%	4−5 −650%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Hitman 3	45−50 +650%	6−7 −650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%