Radeon RX 6400 vs GeForce 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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Radeon RX 6400 Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 6600 Radeon RX 6600 XT Radeon RX 6650 XT Radeon RX 6700 XT Radeon RX 6750 GRE 10 GB Radeon RX 6750 XT Radeon RX 6800 Radeon RX 6800 XT Radeon RX 6900 XT Radeon RX 6950 XT

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 6400, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

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

RX 6400 outperforms GTS 450 Rev. 2 by a whopping 347% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
RX 6400 RX 6400

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking666276
Place by popularitynot in top-100100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data53.66
Power efficiency2.9025.93
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF116Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)19 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192768
Core clock speed783 MHz1923 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2321 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate25.06111.4
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS3.565 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3248
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 4.0 x4
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s128.0 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 HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.2
VulkanN/A1.3
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 19.71
Recency 15 March 2011 19 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 53 Watt

RX 6400 has a 346.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 6400 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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