NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon HD 6490M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and AMD Radeon HD 6490M 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
- 3.9x more texture fill rate: 25.06 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
- Around 20% higher pipelines: 192 vs 160
- 2.3x better floating-point performance: 601.3 gflops vs 256 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 3608 MHz vs 3200 MHz
- 4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.611 vs 2.554
- 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 422.002 vs 96.344
- 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 25.132 vs 6.001
- 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 49.9 vs 10.814
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3360 vs 1405
- Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3313 vs 2543
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3360 vs 1405
- Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3313 vs 2543
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 15 March 2011 vs 4 January 2011 |
Texture fill rate | 25.06 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 192 vs 160 |
Floating-point performance | 601.3 gflops vs 256 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 3608 MHz vs 3200 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 12.611 vs 2.554 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 422.002 vs 96.344 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 25.132 vs 6.001 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 49.9 vs 10.814 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3360 vs 1405 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3313 vs 2543 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3360 vs 1405 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3313 vs 2543 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 783 MHz
Core clock speed | 800 MHz vs 783 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6490M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 | AMD Radeon HD 6490M |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 12.611 | 2.554 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 422.002 | 96.344 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.255 | 0 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 25.132 | 6.001 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 49.9 | 10.814 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2166 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3360 | 1405 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3313 | 2543 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2166 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3360 | 1405 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3313 | 2543 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 378 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 514 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 4866 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 | AMD Radeon HD 6490M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | GF116 | Seymour |
Launch date | 15 March 2011 | 4 January 2011 |
Place in performance rating | 1187 | 1188 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,193.03 | |
Price now | $1,193.03 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 0.39 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 783 MHz | 800 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 601.3 gflops | 256 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 192 | 160 |
Texture fill rate | 25.06 GTexel / s | 6.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 106 Watt | |
Transistor count | 1,170 million | 370 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 210 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 57.7 GB / s | 25.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 3608 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 / GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 |