AMD Radeon R7 M265DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M265DX 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - 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 R7 M265DX

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15678 vs 4923

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2014 vs 13 September 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	15678 vs 4923

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

2x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 780 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 304 vs 138
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1317 vs 499

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	304 vs 138
PassMark - G3D Mark	1317 vs 499

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

15678

4923

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

304

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

499

1317

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Geekbench - OpenCL	15678	4923
PassMark - G2D Mark	138	304
PassMark - G3D Mark	499	1317
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		27.656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M265DX	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Jet	GF106
Launch date	7 January 2014	13 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1141	1144
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Price now		$64.99
Value for money (0-100)		26.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	1566 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		192
Floating-point performance		601.3 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Pipelines		192
Texture fill rate		25.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		106 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI