GeForce GTS 450 OEM vs GTX 1080 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking70not rated
Place by popularity41not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.83no data
Power efficiency13.21no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGP102GF106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)11 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $129

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 cores3584144
Core clock speed1481 MHz790 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,800 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.418.96
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPS0.455 TFLOPS
ROPs8824
TMUs22424

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm210 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin
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 typeGDDR5XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount11 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width352 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 March 2017 11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 106 Watt

GTX 1080 Ti has an age advantage of 6 years, a 633.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

GTS 450 OEM, on the other hand, has 135.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce GTS 450 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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