NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 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 GTX 650

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 25.1 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 35% better floating-point performance: 812.5 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 106 Watt
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1749 vs 1322
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 310
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 364.463 vs 302.509
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.254 vs 0.965
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.386 vs 14.925
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2663 vs 2160
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3478 vs 3365
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2663 vs 2160
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3478 vs 3365

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 November 2013 vs 13 September 2010
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion / sec vs 25.1 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops vs 601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt vs 106 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749 vs 1322
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 310
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	364.463 vs 302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.254 vs 0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.386 vs 14.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2663 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3478 vs 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2663 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3478 vs 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1566 MHz vs 1058 MHz
360.8x more memory clock speed: 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4907 vs 4493
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.758 vs 12.582
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 27.656 vs 23.499

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1566 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4907 vs 4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.758 vs 12.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	27.656 vs 23.499

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1749

1322

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

310

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4493

4907

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.582

14.758

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

364.463

302.509

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.254

0.965

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.386

14.925

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.499

27.656

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2663

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3478

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2663

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3478

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3325

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749	1322
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	310
Geekbench - OpenCL	4493	4907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.582	14.758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	364.463	302.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.254	0.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.386	14.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.499	27.656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2663	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3478	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2663	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3478	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332	3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	545	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK106	GF106
Launch date	27 November 2013	13 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$129
Place in performance rating	1003	1130
Price now	$144.81	$64.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	16.05	26.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	1566 MHz
CUDA cores	384	192
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops	601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion / sec	25.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	1,170 million
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.70" (14.5 cm)	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	6-pin
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA
DSR
SLI