NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
7.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 106 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2013 vs 15 March 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 106 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 3313
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 3313

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 783 MHz vs 775 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 25.06 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
2x better floating-point performance: 601.3 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 3608 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2166 vs 1019
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2166 vs 1019
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3360 vs 2843
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3360 vs 2843

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	783 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.06 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2166 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2166 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3360 vs 2843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3360 vs 2843

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

2166

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1019

2166

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2843

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2843

3360

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3313

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3313

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	444
PassMark - G2D Mark	117
Geekbench - OpenCL	2476
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1019	2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1019	2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2843	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2843	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	3313
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	3313
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GF117	GF116
Launch date	9 January 2013	15 March 2011
Place in performance rating	1183	1185
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	783 MHz
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	192
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s	25.06 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,170 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 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