Radeon Instinct MI300X vs GeForce GTS 450

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	726	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.57	no data
Power efficiency	2.25	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024)
GPU code name	GF106	Aqua Vanjaram
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	13 September 2010 (14 years ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	192	19456
Core clock speed	783 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2100 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	153,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	750 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	25.06	2,554
Floating-point processing power	0.6013 TFLOPS	81.72 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	1216
Tensor Cores	no data	1216

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 support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	OAM Module
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
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 type	GDDR5	HBM3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	192 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	8192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	2525 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	5,171 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 Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	N/A
Shader Model	5.1	N/A
OpenGL	4.2	N/A
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 September 2010	6 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	192 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	750 Watt

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