NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 OEM

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 783 MHz vs 589 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 18.96 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
9x more pipelines: 144 vs 16
10.1x better floating-point performance: 455.0 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3608 MHz vs 1580 MHz

Core clock speed	783 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	18.96 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	144 vs 16
Floating-point performance	455.0 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz vs 1580 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 106 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 106 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark		56
PassMark - G3D Mark		120
Geekbench - OpenCL		2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1017

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF106	GT218
Launch date	13 September 2010	3 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	not rated	1632
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	783 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	455.0 gflops	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	144	16
Texture fill rate	18.96 GTexel / s	4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz	1580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3