Radeon R7 450 OEM vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	536	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.63	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GK106	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	9 October 2012 (11 years ago)	30 June 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$251 (1.7x MSRP)	$180

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	768	512
CUDA cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	928 MHz	925 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.2 billion/sec	29.60
Floating-point performance	1,425 gflops	947.2 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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None

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
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.4 GB/s	4.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	72 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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support	4 Displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
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.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.170
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 October 2012	30 June 2016
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	65 Watt

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