GeForce GTS 450 vs GTX 760 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated730
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.66
Power efficiencyno data2.21
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK104GF106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 November 2016 (8 years ago)13 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$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 cores1344192
Core clock speed993 MHz783 MHz
Boost clock speed1046 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data100 °C
Texture fill rate117.225.06
Floating-point processing power2.812 TFLOPS0.6013 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11232

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 supportno dataPCI-E 2.0 x 16
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mm210 mm
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s57.7 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPortMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

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
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1N/A
CUDA3.0+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 November 2016 13 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 106 Watt

GTX 760 OEM has an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GTS 450, on the other hand, has 60.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 760 OEM and GeForce GTS 450. We've got no test results to judge.


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