NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

800
Place in performance rating
567
7.68
Value for money (0-100)
17.31
Tesla
Architecture
Fermi
G92B
Code name
GF106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
13 September 2010 (11 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$129
$117 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$198 (1.5x MSRP)
0.23
Value for money
0.75
G92B
GPU code name
GF106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

128
Pipelines
192
738 MHz
Core clock speed
783 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
1,170 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
106 Watt
47.2 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
25.1 billion/sec
387.1 gflops
Floating-point performance
601.3 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
100 °C
128
CUDA cores
192
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
754 million
Number of transistors
1,170 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
106 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Length
8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
+
SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1100 MHz
Memory clock speed
1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
70.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
57.7 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
+
CUDA
+
no data
DSR
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
3.0
OpenGL
4.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Cheaper ($117 (0.6x MSRP) vs $198 (1.5x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (70.4 GB/s vs 57.7 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

2.81% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (192 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (106 Watt vs 150 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 performance benchmarks comparison

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