AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 RX 560 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3251x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 25.1 billion / sec
5.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 60-80 Watt vs 106 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19198 vs 4923

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 13 September 2010
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 25.1 billion / sec
Pipelines	1024 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt vs 106 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	19198 vs 4923

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
231.3x better floating-point performance: 601.3 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19198

4923

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Geekbench - OpenCL	19198	4923
PassMark - G3D Mark		1323
PassMark - G2D Mark		303
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 RX 560 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Fermi
Code name	Baffin	GF106
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	13 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99	$129
Place in performance rating	1135	1137
Price now	$104.99	$64.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	50.84	26.46
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz	1566 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	192
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	25.1 billion / sec
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
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	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI