GeForce GTS 450 vs Quadro 4000

Place in performance ranking	664	690
Place by popularity	not in top-100	94
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.49	0.31
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF100	GF106
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	2 November 2010 (13 years ago)	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	$129
Current price	$295 (0.2x MSRP)	$127 (1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro 4000 has 58% better value for money than GTS 450.

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	256	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	475 MHz	783 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	142 Watt	106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	15.20	25.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	486.4 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).

Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	6-pin
SLI options	no data	+

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2808 MHz	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth	89.86 GB/s	57.7 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	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API Compatibility

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

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

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro 4000 3.82
+11.7%

GTS 450 3.42

Quadro 4000 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 12% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro 4000 1478
+11.8%

GTS 450 1322

Quadro 4000 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 12% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro 4000 4974
+1%

GTS 450 4923

Quadro 4000 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 1% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro 4000 21
+40%

GTS 450 15

Quadro 4000 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 40% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	30−35 +7.1%	28 −7.1%
Full HD	40−45 +5.3%	38 −5.3%
1200p	30−35 +11.1%	27 −11.1%

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	3.82	3.42
Recency	2 November 2010	13 September 2010
Cost	$1199	$129
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	142 Watt	106 Watt