NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 vs AMD Radeon HD 7750

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Combined performance score

HD 7750
4.38
+28.4%

Radeon HD 7750 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 28% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking624689
Place by popularitynot in top-10097
Value for money0.620.31
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGF106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date15 February 2012 (12 years old)13 September 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $129
Current price$108 (1x MSRP)$127 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7750 has 100% better value for money than GTS 450.

Technical specs

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 cores512192
CUDA coresno data192
Core clock speedno data783 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data100 °C
Texture fill rate25.6025.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance819.2 gflops601.3 gflops

Size and 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 supportPCIe 2.1 x16PCI-E 2.0 x 16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s57.7 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support+no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data+

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.

HD 7750 4.38
+28.4%
GTS 450 3.41

Radeon HD 7750 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 28% in our combined 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%

HD 7750 1697
+28.4%
GTS 450 1322

Radeon HD 7750 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 28% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 7750 2240
+45%
GTS 450 1545

Radeon HD 7750 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 45% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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:

900p35−40
+25%
28
−25%
Full HD45−50
+18.4%
38
−18.4%
1200p30−35
+11.1%
27
−11.1%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.38 3.41
Recency 15 February 2012 13 September 2010
Cost $109 $129
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 106 Watt

The Radeon HD 7750 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 in performance tests.


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