Radeon RX Vega 7 vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

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Aggregated performance score

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.39

Radeon RX Vega 7 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 by an impressive 69% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Contents

GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
RX Vega 7 RX Vega 7

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking627498
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.99
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameGF116Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current priceno data$387

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 cores192448
Core clock speed783 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1800 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate25.06no data
Floating-point performance601.3 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX Vega 7 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed3608 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 data
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA2.1no data

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 HD12−14
−91.7%
23
+91.7%
1440p18−20
−77.8%
32
+77.8%
4K10−12
−80%
18
+80%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 4.39 7.42
Recency 15 March 2011 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 15 Watt

The Radeon RX Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 7 is a notebook one.

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

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Community ratings

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