GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs Iris Plus Graphics G7
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 744 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.89 |
| Architecture | Generation 11.0 (2019−2021) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Ice Lake GT2 | GF116 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 May 2020 (5 years ago) | 15 March 2011 (14 years ago) |
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 | 512 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 783 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 33.60 | 25.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.075 TFLOPS | 0.6013 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x1 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 210 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 902 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 57.73 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.97 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 May 2020 | 15 March 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 106 Watt |
Iris Plus Graphics G7 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 606.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Iris Plus Graphics G7 and GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Iris Plus Graphics G7 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop one.
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