NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 vs NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro 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 Quadro2 Pro

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
7.8x more core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 180 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 500 MHz
1317x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1317 vs 1
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 304 vs 143

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 September 2010 vs 22 March 2001
Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1317 vs 1
PassMark - G2D Mark	304 vs 143

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

31.9x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 25.1 billion / sec

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1317

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

143

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
PassMark - G3D Mark	1317	1
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	143
Geekbench - OpenCL	4923
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 Quadro2 Pro
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Celsius
Code name	GF106	NV15 A4
Launch date	13 September 2010	22 March 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1144	1148
Price now	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	26.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	1566 MHz	200 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion / sec	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	25 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 4x
Length	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	7.0
OpenGL	4.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI