ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.43
+1036%

GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition by a whopping 1036% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6661258
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.87no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameGF116R580+
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)10 September 2006 (18 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 cores192no data
Core clock speed783 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million384 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Wattno data
Texture fill rate25.0610.40
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1616
TMUs3216

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 1.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s64 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 DVI, 1x VHDCI
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
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 4.43 0.39
Recency 15 March 2011 10 September 2006
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has a 1035.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
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