GeForce GTX 490 vs GTS 450 Rev. 3

GTS 240 OEM GTS 250 GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
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GTX 460 GTX 460 768MB GTX 460 OEM GTX 460 SE GTX 460 v2 GTX 465 GTX 470 GTX 480 GTX 490 GTX 660 GTX 750 Ti GTX 960

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GTS 450 Rev. 3 GTS 450 Rev. 3
GTX 490 GTX 490

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF116GF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 July 2012 (12 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores144480
Core clock speed783 MHz608 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt365 Watt
Texture fill rate18.7936.48
Floating-point processing power0.451 TFLOPS1.166 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs2460

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 mm279 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz854 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s164.0 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-HDMI3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.12.0

Pros & cons summary

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1536 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 365 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 3 has 244.3% lower power consumption.

GTX 490, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 and GeForce GTX 490. We've got no test results to judge.

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