Radeon RX 570G vs GeForce GTS 450

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking730not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.66no data
Power efficiency2.21no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGF106Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 September 2010 (14 years ago)15 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1922048
Core clock speed783 MHz1168 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1234 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate25.06158.0
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS5.054 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs32128

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 supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length210 mm241 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1804 (3608 data rate) MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.7 GB/s224.0 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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2010 15 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 120 Watt

GTS 450 has 13.2% lower power consumption.

RX 570G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon RX 570G. We've got no test results to judge.


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