GeForce GTS 450 vs Quadro M2000

Place in performance ranking	405	692
Place by popularity	not in top-100	98
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.08	0.31
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM206	GF106
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	8 April 2016 (8 years ago)	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$437.75	$129
Current price	$285 (0.7x MSRP)	$127 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M2000 has 1216% 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	768	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	796 MHz	783 MHz
Boost clock speed	1163 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,940 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	55.82	25.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	1,812 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 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	201 mm	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	128 Bit	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 106 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	DP DP DP DP	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	5.2	+

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 M2000 10.32
+203%

GTS 450 3.41

Quadro M2000 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 203% 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 M2000 3995
+203%

GTS 450 1320

Quadro M2000 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 203% 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 M2000 14046
+185%

GTS 450 4924

Quadro M2000 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 185% 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 M2000 34
+127%

GTS 450 15

Quadro M2000 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 127% 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	80−85 +186%	28 −186%
Full HD	110−120 +189%	38 −189%
1200p	80−85 +196%	27 −196%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.32	3.41
Recency	8 April 2016	13 September 2010
Cost	$437.75	$129
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	106 Watt