GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs Radeon PRO WX 3100

Place in the ranking	563	664
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.20	no data
Power efficiency	7.01	2.88
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Lexa	GF116
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	12 June 2017 (7 years ago)	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	512	192
Core clock speed	925 MHz	783 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,200 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	106 Watt
Texture fill rate	39.01	25.06
Floating-point processing power	1.248 TFLOPS	0.6013 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	32	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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	210 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	902 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	57.73 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 Connectors	1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	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.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

12
+50%

8−9

−50%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

16.58

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−12

+57.1%

7−8
−57.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +58.3%	12−14 −58.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +50%	12−14 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +59.3%	27−30 −59.3%
Hitman 3	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +62.5%	24−27 −62.5%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +50%	12−14 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +50%	12−14 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +57.1%	14−16 −57.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +73.3%	30−33 −73.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +58.3%	12−14 −58.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +50%	12−14 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +59.3%	27−30 −59.3%
Hitman 3	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +62.5%	24−27 −62.5%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +50%	12−14 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +50%	12−14 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +57.1%	14−16 −57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +50%	14−16 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +73.3%	30−33 −73.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +50%	10−11 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +59.3%	27−30 −59.3%
Hitman 3	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +62.5%	24−27 −62.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +57.1%	14−16 −57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 +75%	4−5 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +73.3%	30−33 −73.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+50%

12−14

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +50%	14−16 −50%
Hitman 3	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +55.6%	27−30 −55.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

+57.1%

7−8
−57.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Hitman 3	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +50%	12−14 −50%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+75%

4−5

−75%

This is how PRO WX 3100 and GTS 450 Rev. 2 compete in popular games:

PRO WX 3100 is 50% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.59	4.41
Recency	12 June 2017	15 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	106 Watt

PRO WX 3100 has a 49.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 63.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon PRO WX 3100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 3100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.