GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) with GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2, including specs and performance data.

R7 (Bristol Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
1.80

GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms R7 (Bristol Ridge) by a whopping 122% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking972745
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.082.90
ArchitectureGCN 1.2 (2016)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeGF116
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 June 2016 (9 years ago)15 March 2011 (15 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 cores512192
Core clock speedno data783 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt106 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.06
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6013 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32
L1 Cacheno data256 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data902 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data57.73 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-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:

Full HD14
−114%
30−35
+114%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Fortnite 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−110%
21−24
+110%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−118%
24−27
+118%
Valorant 35−40
−111%
80−85
+111%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
−111%
80−85
+111%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Dota 2 16
−119%
35−40
+119%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Fortnite 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−110%
21−24
+110%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Grand Theft Auto V 5
−100%
10−11
+100%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−118%
24−27
+118%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Valorant 35−40
−111%
80−85
+111%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Dota 2 14
−114%
30−33
+114%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−110%
21−24
+110%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−118%
24−27
+118%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Valorant 35−40
−111%
80−85
+111%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
−108%
27−30
+108%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
−94.4%
35−40
+94.4%
Valorant 10−12
−118%
24−27
+118%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−114%
30−33
+114%
Valorant 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

This is how R7 (Bristol Ridge) and GTS 450 Rev. 2 compete in popular games:

  • GTS 450 Rev. 2 is 114% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 1.80 3.99
Recency 1 June 2016 15 March 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 106 Watt

R7 (Bristol Ridge) has an age advantage of 5 years, a 43% more advanced lithography process, and 783% lower power consumption.

GTS 450 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has a 122% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop one.

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