NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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) 10 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 25.1 billion / sec vs 24 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 601.3 gflops vs 240 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1322 vs 462
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 304 vs 175
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 2485
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 2485
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 September 2010 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed 1566 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion / sec vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 96
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1322 vs 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 304 vs 175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3325 vs 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 vs 2485

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

  • Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 106 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 106 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1322
462
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
304
175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
2485
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1322 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 304 175
Geekbench - OpenCL 4926
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 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 2485
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF106 G92
Launch date 13 September 2010 1 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 1144 1145
Price now $64.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 26.46

Technical info

Core clock speed 1566 MHz 500 MHz
CUDA cores 192 96
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 100 °C
Pipelines 192 96
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion / sec 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 106 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI No outputs
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 MXM-HE
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0