Radeon R7 M270DX vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
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Radeon R5 M255 Radeon R7 M260 Radeon R7 M265 Radeon R7 M265DX Radeon R7 M270DX Radeon R7 M465

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 with Radeon R7 M270DX, including specs and performance data.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.43
+77.9%

GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms R7 M270DX by an impressive 78% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
R7 M270DX R7 M270DX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking666833
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.86no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGF116Topaz
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)11 June 2014 (10 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 cores192384
Core clock speed783 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data940 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Wattno data
Texture fill rate25.0622.56
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS0.7219 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs3224

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 x16IGP
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed902 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 4.43 2.49
Recency 15 March 2011 11 June 2014
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has a 77.9% higher aggregate performance score.

R7 M270DX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M270DX in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Radeon R7 M270DX is a notebook one.

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

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