GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs GTS 450

Place in performance ranking	727	177
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.57	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GF106	N18E-G1 TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	192	1920
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	783 MHz	960 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	80-90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	25.06	144.0
Floating-point performance	0.6013 gflops	4.608 gflops

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTS 450 3.42

RTX 2060 Mobile 30.89
+803%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTS 450 9758

RTX 2060 Mobile 57644
+491%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTS 450 1888

RTX 2060 Mobile 21262
+1026%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTS 450 1545

RTX 2060 Mobile 16331
+957%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTS 450 12447

RTX 2060 Mobile 99179
+697%

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:

900p	23 −770%	200−210 +770%
Full HD	40 −165%	106 +165%
1200p	27 −789%	240−250 +789%
1440p	7−8 −843%	66 +843%
4K	4−5 −950%	42 +950%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−717%

45−50
+717%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −810%	91 +810%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3450%	71 +3450%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1600%	119 +1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −1000%	88 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −717%	45−50 +717%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1400%	105 +1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −1122%	110 +1122%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1826%	366 +1826%
Hitman 3	8−9 −938%	83 +938%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −792%	223 +792%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2500%	130 +2500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −1011%	100 +1011%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −957%	148 +957%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −454%	227 +454%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −970%	107 +970%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −2700%	56 +2700%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1400%	105 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −888%	79 +888%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −717%	45−50 +717%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1114%	85 +1114%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −811%	82 +811%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1374%	280 +1374%
Hitman 3	8−9 −838%	75 +838%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −684%	196 +684%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2140%	112 +2140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −733%	75 +733%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −779%	123 +779%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −313%	60−65 +313%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −363%	190 +363%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −400%	50 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −2300%	48 +2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −625%	58 +625%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −717%	45−50 +717%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −786%	62 +786%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −363%	88 +363%
Hitman 3	8−9 −725%	66 +725%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −276%	94 +276%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −664%	107 +664%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −300%	60 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +7.9%	38 −7.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−778%

79
+778%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −983%	65 +983%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −980%	54 +980%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1233%	40 +1233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1300%	42 +1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −950%	42 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −24500%	246 +24500%
Hitman 3	8−9 −475%	46 +475%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −775%	70 +775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1800%	35−40 +1800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −900%	210 +900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−786%

62
+786%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1500%	32 +1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1400%	30 +1400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −1150%	25 +1150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2100%	22 +2100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1900%	20 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	8−9
Far Cry 5	2−3 −950%	21 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1400%	15 +1400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−650%

30
+650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +0%	38 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	28 +0%	28 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	86 +0%	86 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +0%	39 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

This is how GTS 450 and RTX 2060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is 770% faster in 900p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 165% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 789% faster in 1200p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 843% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 950% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTS 450 is 8% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2060 Mobile is 24500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTS 450 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 2060 Mobile is ahead in 62 tests (87%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.42	30.89
Recency	13 September 2010	6 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	80 Watt

RTX 2060 Mobile has a 803.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 32.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is a notebook one.

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