GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

GTS 240 OEM GTS 250 GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
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GTX 260 GTX 260 Core 216 GTX 260 OEM GTX 275 GTX 280 GTX 285 GTX 285 Mac Edition GTX 285 X2 GTX 295 GTX 660 GTX 750 Ti GTX 960

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GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
GTX 285 Mac Edition GTX 285 Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking666not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.90no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGF116GT200B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)15 January 2009 (15 years ago)

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 cores192240
Core clock speed783 MHz648 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt204 Watt
Texture fill rate25.0651.84
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS0.7085 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3280

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz1242 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s159.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.3

Pros & cons summary

Recency 15 March 2011 15 January 2009
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 204 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 92.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

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