NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
6.8x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 140 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
9x more memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 200 MHz
165.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1322 vs 8
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 310 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 September 2010 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1322 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	310 vs 152

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

36.7x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec

Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1322

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

310

152

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1322	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	310	152
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 FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rankine
Code name	GF106	NV34 B1
Launch date	13 September 2010	17 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1130	1132
Price now	$64.99	$36.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	26.46	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	1566 MHz	230 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	140 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion / sec	920 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	45 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)	152 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.2	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI