Radeon Sky 500 vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 459 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 5.80 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GF116 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 11 July 2012 (13 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (13 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 cores | 144 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 783 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 18.79 | 76.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.451 TFLOPS | 2.432 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 512 KB |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 210 mm | 242 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 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 type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | 154 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | - |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 July 2012 | 27 March 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 150 Watt |
GTS 450 Rev. 3 has 42% lower power consumption.
Sky 500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 and Radeon Sky 500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation one.
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