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)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.611
2.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
422.002
96.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.132
6.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
49.9
10.814
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3313
2543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3313
2543
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 AMD Radeon HD 6490M
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs

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) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

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