NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

567
Place in performance rating
413
17.31
Value for money (0-100)
32.73
Fermi
Architecture
Pascal
GF106
Code name
GP108
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 September 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
17 May 2017 (4 years ago)
$129
Launch price (MSRP)
$79
$198 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$167 (2.1x MSRP)
0.75
Value for money
13.90
GF106
GPU code name
N17P-G1
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
384
783 MHz
Core clock speed
1228 MHz
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Boost Clock
1468 MHz
1,170 million
Transistor count
1,800 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
106 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
25.1 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
35.23
601.3 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,127 gflops
100 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
192
CUDA cores
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
1670 MHz
1,170 million
Number of transistors
1,800 million
106 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
30 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Length
145 mm
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Bus support
no data
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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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 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
57.7 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, the size and number of monitors.

Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI
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G-SYNC support
+
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
6.1
no data
Multi-Projection
+
+
DSR
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.2
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 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 450 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 31 15 13 10
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 18.5 11.8 9.5
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 92.7 41.6 30.7 18.6 13.7 4.82
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 105.9 35.7 24.2 15.4 8.9
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 38.4 17.6 14.9 14.2
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 450

More memory bandwidth (57.7 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030

6.45% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($167 (2.1x MSRP) vs $198 (1.5x MSRP))

More pipelines (384 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 106 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030