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GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs GeForce GTS 450

Intro

The GeForce GTS 250 1GB features a clock frequency of 738 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1100 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It features 128 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTS 450, which has a clock frequency of 783 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 902 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 192 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTS 450 106 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 1GB 145 Watts
Difference: 39 Watts (37%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTS 250 1GB should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTS 450 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB 70400 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 450 57728 MB/sec
Difference: 12672 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 1GB should be much (approximately 89%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTS 450. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB 47232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 450 25056 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 22176 (89%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTS 450 is a little bit (approximately 6%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTS 450 12528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB 11808 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 720 (6%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTS 250 1GB GeForce GTS 450
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 3, 2009 September 2010
Code Name G92a/b GF106
Memory 1024 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 738 MHz 783 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 3608 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 145 watts 106 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 57728 MB/sec
Texel Rate 47232 Mtexels/sec 25056 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 11808 Mpixels/sec 12528 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 192
Texture Mapping Units 64 32
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 1170 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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