Radeon RX 570X vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 570X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
3.99

570X outperforms GTS 450 Rev. 2 by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking745698
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.902.95
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGF116Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (15 years ago)11 April 2018 (8 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 cores1922048
Core clock speed783 MHz1168 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1244 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate25.06159.2
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS5.095 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs32128
L1 Cache256 KB512 KB
L2 Cache256 KB2 MB

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 3.0 x16
Length210 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s224.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1-

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 3.99 4.60
Recency 15 March 2011 11 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 120 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has 13% lower power consumption.

RX 570X, on the other hand, has a 15% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 186% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 570X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

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