Quadro NVS 450 vs Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) with Quadro NVS 450, including specs and performance data.
R3 (Mullins/Beema) outperforms NVS 450 by a whopping 400% 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 | 1189 | 1456 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.33 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Beema/Mullins | G98 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (11 years ago) | 11 November 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $163.14 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 128 | 8 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 480 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 686 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 1.920 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.0192 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | no data | 4 ×2 |
| TMUs | no data | 4 ×2 |
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 | no data | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | no data | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 256 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 11.2 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | no data | 4x DisplayPort |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
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:
| Full HD | 15
+400%
| 3−4
−400%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 54.38 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+400%
|
1−2
−400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
+480%
|
5−6
−480%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 21−24
+425%
|
4−5
−425%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 12−14
+550%
|
2−3
−550%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+400%
|
1−2
−400%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
+480%
|
5−6
−480%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 12−14
+550%
|
2−3
−550%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+400%
|
1−2
−400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
+480%
|
5−6
−480%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+400%
|
3−4
−400%
|
| Valorant | 4−5 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
This is how R3 (Mullins/Beema) and NVS 450 compete in popular games:
- R3 (Mullins/Beema) is 400% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.75 | 0.15 |
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 11 November 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
R3 (Mullins/Beema) has a 400% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 450 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is a notebook graphics card while Quadro NVS 450 is a workstation one.
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