Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

GTS 240 OEM GTS 250 GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
VS
Radeon Vega 3 Efficient Radeon Vega 3 Embedded Radeon Vega 6 Embedded Radeon Vega 8 Efficient Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Contents

GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
Vega 8 Efficient Vega 8 Efficient

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking666not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.90no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGF116Raven
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)23 April 2018 (6 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 cores192512
Core clock speed783 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1100 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate25.0635.20
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS1.126 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs3232

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

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_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary

Recency 15 March 2011 23 April 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 35 Watt

Vega 8 Efficient has an age advantage of 7 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 202.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and Radeon Vega 8 Efficient. 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.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
Like
Like

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
HD 7750 Radeon HD 7750
Vega 8 Efficient Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
vs
R7 250XE Radeon R7 250XE
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
ATI HD 5770 Radeon HD 5770
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
GTX 460 X2 GeForce GTX 460 X2
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
HD Graphics HD Graphics
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
GT 340 OEM GeForce GT 340 OEM
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
8500 GT GeForce 8500 GT
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
PCX 5900 GeForce PCX 5900
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
RX 580 2048SP Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
GeForce MX230 GeForce MX230
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
ATI M28 M28
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
AeroBox GPU AeroBox GPU
GTS 450 Rev. 2 GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
vs
RTX 3060 Mobile GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.

3.2 39 votes

Rate GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
2.9 53 votes

Rate Radeon Vega 8 Efficient on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.