GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 vs Radeon HD 8670M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1022not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameSunGF116
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)11 July 2012 (12 years ago)

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 cores320144
Core clock speed925 MHz783 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHzno data
Number of transistors690 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data106 Watt
Texture fill rate19.5018.79
Floating-point processing power0.624 TFLOPS0.451 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2024

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s22.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2013 11 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

HD 8670M has an age advantage of 7 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8670M and GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8670M is a notebook card while GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8670M
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