GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 vs Quadro M2200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking423not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.75no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGM206GF116
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)11 July 2012 (12 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 cores1024144
Core clock speed695 MHz783 MHz
Boost clock speed1036 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,940 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt106 Watt
Texture fill rate66.3018.79
Floating-point processing power2.122 TFLOPS0.451 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs6424

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1377 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth88 GB/s22.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.22.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 11 July 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 106 Watt

Quadro M2200 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 92.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M2200 and GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M2200 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro M2200
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