Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

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GT 545 GT 545 OEM GT 555M 2 GB GT 640 OEM Rebrand GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3 GTX 550 Ti GF116
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P30PH Polaris 20 570 X2 570G 570X 580 580 2048SP 580 OEM 580 XTR 580G 580X 590 GME

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 580 2048SP, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.41

RX 580 2048SP outperforms GTS 450 Rev. 2 by a whopping 352% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
RX 580 2048SP RX 580 2048SP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking664275
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGF116Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)15 October 2018 (5 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 cores1922048
Core clock speed783 MHz1168 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1284 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate25.06164.4
Floating-point processing power0.6013 gflops5.259 gflops

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 3.0 x16
Length210 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed3608 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s224.0 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-HDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
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 4.41 19.95
Recency 15 March 2011 15 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 150 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has 41.5% lower power consumption.

RX 580 2048SP, on the other hand, has a 352.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 580 2048SP is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

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

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