NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- 2.5x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 625 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 106 Watt vs 110 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1322 vs 941
- 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 310 vs 75
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 September 2010 vs 25 June 2008 |
| Core clock speed | 1566 MHz vs 625 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 25.1 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 106 Watt vs 110 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1322 vs 941 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 310 vs 75 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850
- 4.2x more pipelines: 800 vs 192
- Around 66% better floating-point performance: 1,000.0 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
- Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 3325
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 3325
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 800 vs 192 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,000.0 gflops vs 601.3 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 1986 MHz vs 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3344 vs 3325 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3344 vs 3325 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 | ATI Radeon HD 4850 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1322 | 941 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 310 | 75 |
| 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 | 3344 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2160 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3365 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3325 | 3344 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | TeraScale |
| Code name | GF106 | RV770 |
| Launch date | 13 September 2010 | 25 June 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $129 | $199 |
| Place in performance rating | 1130 | 1288 |
| Price now | $64.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 26.46 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1566 MHz | 625 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 192 | |
| Floating-point performance | 601.3 gflops | 1,000.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 100 °C | |
| Pipelines | 192 | 800 |
| Texture fill rate | 25.1 billion / sec | 25 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 106 Watt | 110 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,170 million | 956 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) | 246 mm |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.7 GB / s | 63.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz | 1986 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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