GeForce RTX 4090 D vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
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RTX 4050 RTX 4060 RTX 4060 Ti RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB RTX 4070 RTX 4070 GDDR6 RTX 4070 SUPER RTX 4070 Ti RTX 4070 Ti SUPER RTX 4080 RTX 4080 SUPER RTX 4090 RTX 4090 D RTX 4090 Ti

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and GeForce RTX 4090 D, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.43

RTX 4090 D outperforms GTS 450 Rev. 2 by a whopping 1970% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
RTX 4090 D RTX 4090 D

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6662
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.27
Power efficiency2.8714.79
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF116AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores19214592
Core clock speed783 MHz2280 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt425 Watt
Texture fill rate25.061,149
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs16176
TMUs32456
Tensor Coresno data456
Ray Tracing Coresno data114

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 4.0 x16
Length210 mm304 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s1,008 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-HDMI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.18.9

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 4.43 91.69
Recency 15 March 2011 28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 425 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has 300.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 1969.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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