AMD Radeon HD 6770 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6770 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6770

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
4.2x more pipelines: 800 vs 192
2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 316 vs 304
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 615.217 vs 302.509
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.004 vs 0.965
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 26.748 vs 14.925
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 115.157 vs 27.656
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2546 vs 2160
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3325
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2546 vs 2160
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 January 2011 vs 13 September 2010
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
Pipelines	800 vs 192
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	316 vs 304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	615.217 vs 302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.004 vs 0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.748 vs 14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	115.157 vs 27.656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2546 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2546 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 106 Watt vs 108 Watt
Around 72% higher memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1316 vs 1250
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4923 vs 3802
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.758 vs 9.69
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3365 vs 2279
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3365 vs 2279

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt vs 108 Watt
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1316 vs 1250
Geekbench - OpenCL	4923 vs 3802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.758 vs 9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3365 vs 2279
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3365 vs 2279

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6770
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1250

1316

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

316

304

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3802

4923

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.69

14.758

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

615.217

302.509

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.004

0.965

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26.748

14.925

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

115.157

27.656

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2546

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2279

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2546

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2279

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3325

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6770	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
PassMark - G3D Mark	1250	1316
PassMark - G2D Mark	316	304
Geekbench - OpenCL	3802	4923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.69	14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	615.217	302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.004	0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.748	14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	115.157	27.656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2546	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2279	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2546	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2279	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6770	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Juniper	GF106
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 January 2011	13 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	$129
Place in performance rating	1133	1144
Price now	$76.99	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.17	26.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	800	192
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	25.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,170 million
Core clock speed		1566 MHz
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI