Steam Deck GPU vs GeForce GTS 450

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	797	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.60	no data
Power efficiency	2.33	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code name	GF106	Van Gogh
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 September 2010 (15 years ago)	25 February 2022 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

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	192	512
Core clock speed	783 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1600 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	25.06	51.20
Floating-point processing power	0.6013 TFLOPS	1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	32	32
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	8
L0 Cache	no data	128 KB
L1 Cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 Cache	256 KB	1024 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	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Length	210 mm	298 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
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	LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	88 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

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	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 September 2010	25 February 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	15 Watt