NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 vs ATI Radeon 7000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and ATI Radeon 7000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

ATI Radeon 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
8.6x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 180 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 32 MB
4.9x more memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 366 MHz
146.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1317 vs 9
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 309 vs 144

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 September 2010 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1317 vs 9
PassMark - G2D Mark	309 vs 144

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000

21.9x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 106 Watt

Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 106 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1317

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

309

144

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	ATI Radeon 7000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1317	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	309	144
Geekbench - OpenCL	4937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	27.656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	ATI Radeon 7000
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 6
Code name	GF106	RV100
Launch date	13 September 2010	19 February 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1139	1142
Price now	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	26.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	1566 MHz	183 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion / sec	549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	7.0
OpenGL	4.2	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI