Jetson Nano GPU vs GeForce GTS 450

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking726not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.57no data
Power efficiency2.23no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGF106GM20B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 September 2010 (14 years ago)March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

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 cores192128
Core clock speed783 MHz640 MHz
Boost clock speedno data921 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt10 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate25.0614.74
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS0.2358 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3216

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 speed1804 (3608 data rate) MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.7 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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVINo outputs
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

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
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1
CUDA+5.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 10 Watt

Jetson Nano GPU has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 960% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 and Jetson Nano GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 is a desktop card while Jetson Nano GPU is a notebook one.


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