NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

567
Place in performance rating
440
17.31
Value for money (0-100)
15.30
Fermi
Architecture
Fermi
GF106
Code name
GF104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 September 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
12 July 2010 (11 years ago)
$129
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$198 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$119 (0.6x MSRP)
0.75
Value for money
3.85
GF106
GPU code name
GF104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
336
783 MHz
Core clock speed
675 MHz
1,170 million
Transistor count
1,950 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
106 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
25.1 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
37.80
601.3 gflops
Floating-point performance
907.2 gflops
100 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
192
CUDA cores
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
1,170 million
Number of transistors
1,950 million
106 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
160 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 GTX 460.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Length
8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 6-pin
+
SLI options
+
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
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 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory clock speed
3600 MHz
57.7 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
86.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.2
OpenGL
4.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 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 GTX 460 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 GTX 460
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
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

Less power consumption (106 Watt vs 160 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

4.93% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($119 (0.6x MSRP) vs $198 (1.5x MSRP))

More pipelines (336 vs 192)

More maximum RAM amount (768 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (86.4 GB/s vs 57.7 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 performance benchmarks comparison

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