GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

GTS 240 OEM GTS 250 GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
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GTX 260 GTX 260 Core 216 GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 GTX 260 OEM GTX 260 Rev. 2 GTX 275 GTX 280 GTX 285 GTX 295 GTX 660 GTX 750 Ti GTX 960

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GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
GTX 260 OEM GTX 260 OEM

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking661not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.88no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGF116GT200B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)8 December 2009 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192192
Core clock speed783 MHz518 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt182 Watt
Texture fill rate25.0633.15
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS0.4147 TFLOPS
ROPs1628
TMUs3264

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1792 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s112.9 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.3

Pros & cons summary

Recency 15 March 2011 8 December 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1792 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 182 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 71.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 260 OEM, on the other hand, has a 75% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and GeForce GTX 260 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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