GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon R9 390 X2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 797 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.60 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.33 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Grenada | GF106 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 September 2015 (10 years ago) | 13 September 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,399 | $129 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
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 | 2560 ×2 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 783 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 580 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Texture fill rate | 160.0 ×2 | 25.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.12 TFLOPS ×2 | 0.6013 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | 16 |
| TMUs | 160 ×2 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 640 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 256 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).
| Bus support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 210 mm |
| Height | no data | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) |
| Width | 3-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 4x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| SLI options | - | + |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB ×2 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 345.6 GB/s ×2 | 57.7 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | Internal |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 September 2015 | 13 September 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 580 Watt | 106 Watt |
R9 390 X2 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
GTS 450, on the other hand, has 447% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 390 X2 and GeForce GTS 450. We've got no test results to judge.
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