NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 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: 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 783 MHz vs 675 MHz
Around 71% higher pipelines: 192 vs 112
Around 66% better floating-point performance: 601.3 gflops vs 362.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 106 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 3608 MHz vs 2200 MHz

Launch date	15 March 2011 vs 1 July 2009
Core clock speed	783 MHz vs 675 MHz
Pipelines	192 vs 112
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops vs 362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz vs 2200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 25.06 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3313
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3313

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 25.06 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3313
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3313

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3313

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3313

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3313	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2166
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3313	3353
PassMark - G2D Mark		134
PassMark - G3D Mark		556

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF116	G92B
Launch date	15 March 2011	1 July 2009
Place in performance rating	1163	1166
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	783 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops	362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	192	112
Texture fill rate	25.06 GTexel / s	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3608 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3