NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 vs ATI Radeon 9600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and ATI Radeon 9600 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 9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
4.8x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 324 MHz
19.4x more texture fill rate: 25.1 billion / sec vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 378 MHz
52.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1322 vs 25
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 310 vs 150

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 September 2010 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion / sec vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 378 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1322 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	310 vs 150

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600

8.8x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 106 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 106 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1322

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

310

150

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	ATI Radeon 9600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1322	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	310	150
Geekbench - OpenCL	4907
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 9600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 8
Code name	GF106	RV350
Launch date	13 September 2010	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1130	1133
Price now	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	26.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	1566 MHz	324 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion / sec	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	76 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 8x
Length	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB / s	6.05 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	378 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI