GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs Radeon HD 6950
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6950 and GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6950 outperforms GTS 450 Rev. 2 by an impressive 54% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 555 | 661 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.04 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.35 | 2.89 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Cayman | GF116 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 14 December 2010 (13 years ago) | 15 March 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | 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 | 1408 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 783 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,640 million | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 70.40 | 25.06 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.253 TFLOPS | 0.6013 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 88 | 32 |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 210 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 902 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 57.73 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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | + | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.77 | 4.41 |
| Recency | 14 December 2010 | 15 March 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 106 Watt |
HD 6950 has a 53.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
GTS 450 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 371.7% lower power consumption.
The Radeon HD 6950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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