GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon RX Vega 5

Place in performance ranking	613	690
Place by popularity	not in top-100	98
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.51	0.31
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Vega	GF106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$129
Current price	$287	$127 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 5 has 2645% better value for money than GTS 450.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	320	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	no data	783 MHz
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	no data	25.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	no data	601.3 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 5 and GeForce GTS 450 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	6-pin
SLI options	no data	+

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	1 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	57.7 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 Connectors	no data	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.2
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	no data	N/A
CUDA	no 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.

RX Vega 5 4.65
+36%

GTS 450 3.42

Radeon RX Vega 5 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 36% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 5 11704
+19.9%

GTS 450 9758

Radeon RX Vega 5 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 20% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 5 3535
+87.3%

GTS 450 1888

Radeon RX Vega 5 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 87% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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%

RX Vega 5 2438
+57.8%

GTS 450 1545

Radeon RX Vega 5 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 58% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX Vega 5 18282
+46.9%

GTS 450 12447

Radeon RX Vega 5 outperforms GeForce GTS 450 by 47% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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:

900p	35−40 +25%	28 −25%
Full HD	18 −111%	38 +111%
1200p	35−40 +29.6%	27 −29.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9
+50%

6−7

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	15 +200%	5−6 −200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Battlefield 5	22 +175%	8−9 −175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	17 +30.8%	12−14 −30.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	15 +150%	6−7 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
Hitman 3	14 +100%	7−8 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	11 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	13 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14 +40%	10−11 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +300%	3−4 −300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12 +140%	5−6 −140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Battlefield 5	18 +125%	8−9 −125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	12 +100%	6−7 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
Hitman 3	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Metro Exodus	4 −25%	5−6 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4 −75%	7−8 +75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +75%	8−9 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10 +233%	3−4 −233%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Battlefield 5	16 +100%	8−9 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Hitman 3	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1

This is how RX Vega 5 and GTS 450 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 5 is 25% faster than GTS 450 in 900p
GTS 450 is 111% faster than RX Vega 5 in 1080p
RX Vega 5 is 29.6% faster than GTS 450 in 1200p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 5 is 1100% faster than the GTS 450.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTS 450 is 75% faster than the RX Vega 5.

All in all, in popular games: