Radeon Graphics vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking630not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code nameGF116Renoir
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)no data
Current priceno data$174

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 cores192448
Core clock speed783 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate25.0642.00
Floating-point performance601.3 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed3608 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/sno data

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-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA2.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 15 Watt

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