GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI HD 4850 by an impressive 66% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 813 | 665 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.21 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | RV770 | GF116 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 15 March 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 800 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 783 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 25.00 | 25.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1 TFLOPS | 0.6013 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 40 | 32 |
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 | 246 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 | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 993 MHz | 902 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 63.55 GB/s | 57.73 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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
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 | 1.1 | 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.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| 900p | 28
−60.7%
| 45−50
+60.7%
|
| Full HD | 39
−53.8%
| 60−65
+53.8%
|
| 1200p | 19
−57.9%
| 30−35
+57.9%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
−55.6%
|
14−16
+55.6%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14
−61.5%
|
21−24
+61.5%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 21−24
−42.9%
|
30−33
+42.9%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7
−50%
|
9−10
+50%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−12
−63.6%
|
18−20
+63.6%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
−57.9%
|
60−65
+57.9%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
−55.6%
|
14−16
+55.6%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14
−61.5%
|
21−24
+61.5%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 21−24
−42.9%
|
30−33
+42.9%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7
−50%
|
9−10
+50%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−12
−63.6%
|
18−20
+63.6%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−61.5%
|
21−24
+61.5%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
−57.9%
|
60−65
+57.9%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
−55.6%
|
14−16
+55.6%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14
−61.5%
|
21−24
+61.5%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 21−24
−42.9%
|
30−33
+42.9%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−12
−63.6%
|
18−20
+63.6%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−61.5%
|
21−24
+61.5%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
−57.9%
|
60−65
+57.9%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7
−50%
|
9−10
+50%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| Hitman 3 | 8−9
−50%
|
12−14
+50%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8
−42.9%
|
10−11
+42.9%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 16−18
−50%
|
24−27
+50%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7
−50%
|
9−10
+50%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−50%
|
6−7
+50%
|
This is how ATI HD 4850 and GTS 450 Rev. 2 compete in popular games:
- GTS 450 Rev. 2 is 61% faster in 900p
- GTS 450 Rev. 2 is 54% faster in 1080p
- GTS 450 Rev. 2 is 58% faster in 1200p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.66 | 4.41 |
| Recency | 25 June 2008 | 15 March 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 106 Watt |
GTS 450 Rev. 2 has a 65.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 3.8% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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