AMD Radeon R7 A360 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 A360 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 A360

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A360

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 25.06 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 15 March 2011
Texture fill rate	27 GTexel / s vs 25.06 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 783 MHz vs 725 MHz
2x more memory clock speed: 3608 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3360 vs 1616
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3360 vs 1616
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3313 vs 1704
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3313 vs 1704

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	783 MHz vs 725 MHz
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3360 vs 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3360 vs 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3313 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3313 vs 1704

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 A360
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1616

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1616

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1704

3313

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1704

3313

Name	AMD Radeon R7 A360	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
Geekbench - OpenCL	5809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1616	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1616	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1704	3313
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1704	3313
PassMark - G2D Mark	223
PassMark - G3D Mark	608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		422.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		49.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2166

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 A360	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Opal	GF116
Launch date	5 May 2015	15 March 2011
Place in performance rating	1160	1163
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	783 MHz
Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	27 GTexel / s	25.06 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,170 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		106 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3608 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5