NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 513 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 25.1 billion / sec vs 12.31 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 601.3 gflops vs 228.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
  • Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 106 Watt vs 143 Watt
  • 3.2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 320 MB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 1584 MHz
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1322 vs 412
  • 10x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 310 vs 31
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2010 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed 1566 MHz vs 513 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion / sec vs 12.31 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 96
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops vs 228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 106 Watt vs 143 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 320 MB
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 1584 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1322 vs 412
PassMark - G2D Mark 310 vs 31

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1322
412
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
310
31
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark 1322 412
PassMark - G2D Mark 310 31
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 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF106 G80
Launch date 13 September 2010 12 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $129 $269
Place in performance rating 1130 1640
Price now $64.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 26.46

Technical info

Core clock speed 1566 MHz 513 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops 228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 100 °C
Pipelines 192 96
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion / sec 12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 106 Watt 143 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 681 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI 2x DVI, 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 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) 267 mm
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 320 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB / s 63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 1584 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI