GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs GTX 260

Place in performance ranking	714	630
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.36	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GT200	GF116
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2008 (16 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	no data
Current price	$49 (0.1x 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	192
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	783 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion/sec	25.06
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops	601.3 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	210 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	448 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	3608 MHz
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB/s	57.73 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 Connectors	Dual Link DVIHDTV	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.17	4.39
Recency	16 June 2008	15 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	182 Watt	106 Watt