GeForce GTS 450 and GeForce3 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTS 450 vs GeForce3
GeForce GTS 450
1359
GeForce3
4
GeForce GTS 450
GeForce3
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name
GF106
NV20 A5
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2010
February 2001
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0 x 16
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
783 MHz
200 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
601.3 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
1,170 million
57 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
-
Power consumption (TDP)
106 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
100 °C
-
Texture fill rate
25.1 billion/sec
1.600
Memory type
GDDR5
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
64 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
230 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.7 GB/s
3.68 GB/s
Display Connectors
Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
8.0
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
4.2
1.3
Shader Model
5.1
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A