GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 3850 and GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms HD 3850 by a whopping 314% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1162 | 739 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.04 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.98 | 2.87 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | RV670 | GF116 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 November 2007 (18 years ago) | 15 March 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 320 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 668 MHz | 783 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.69 | 25.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4275 TFLOPS | 0.6013 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 208 mm | 210 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 830 MHz | 902 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 53.12 GB/s | 57.73 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 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 | 0.95 | 3.93 |
| Recency | 19 November 2007 | 15 March 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 106 Watt |
ATI HD 3850 has 41.3% lower power consumption.
GTS 450 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has a 313.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.
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