Quadro T500 Mobile vs GeForce GTS 450

Place in performance ranking	693	457
Place by popularity	87	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.32	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GF106	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data
Current price	$127 (1x MSRP)	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	896
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	783 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1695 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	25 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion/sec	94.92
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 450 and Quadro T500 Mobile 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.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	80 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
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 3.41

T500 Mobile 8.92
+162%

Quadro T500 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 162% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 450 1888

T500 Mobile 7996
+324%

Quadro T500 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 324% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTS 450 1545

T500 Mobile 4225
+173%

Quadro T500 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 173% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTS 450 12447

T500 Mobile 23453
+88.4%

Quadro T500 Mobile outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 88% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	28 −150%	70−75 +150%
Full HD	39 +8.3%	36 −8.3%
1200p	27 −159%	70−75 +159%
1440p	5−6 −200%	15 +200%
4K	6−7 −183%	17 +183%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−133%

14−16
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −150%	30 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −138%	30−35 +138%
Hitman 3	8−9 −150%	20−22 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −76.5%	30−33 +76.5%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −213%	24−27 +213%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −92.3%	24−27 +92.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −286%	27−30 +286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −133%	28 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −243%	24−27 +243%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −138%	30−35 +138%
Hitman 3	8−9 −150%	20−22 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −76.5%	30−33 +76.5%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −400%	24−27 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −213%	24−27 +213%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −92.3%	24−27 +92.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −250%	28 +250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −125%	27 +125%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −138%	30−35 +138%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −135%	40−45 +135%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −138%	19 +138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
−125%

18−20

+125%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −220%	16−18 +220%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	4−5

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
−150%

10−11

+150%

This is how GTS 450 and T500 Mobile compete in popular games:

T500 Mobile is 150% faster in 900p
GTS 450 is 8% faster in 1080p
T500 Mobile is 159% faster in 1200p
T500 Mobile is 200% faster in 1440p
T500 Mobile is 183% faster in 4K

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

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the T500 Mobile is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, T500 Mobile surpassed GTS 450 in all 48 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.41	8.92
Recency	13 September 2010	27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	25 Watt