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GeForce GT 450 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

The GeForce GT 450 (OEM) features a GPU clock speed of 790 MHz, and the 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory runs at 1000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 144 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which features a clock frequency of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 999 MHz. It also features a 448-bit bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 216 SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM) 106 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 202 Watts
Difference: 96 Watts (91%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 111888 MB/sec
GeForce GT 450 (OEM) 96000 MB/sec
Difference: 15888 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be a lot (about 119%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 450 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 41472 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 450 (OEM) 18960 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 22512 (119%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) is superior to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM) 18960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2832 (18%)

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.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 450 (OEM) GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2010 September 16, 2008
Code Name GF106 G200
Memory 1536 MB 896 MB
Core Speed 790 MHz 576 MHz
Memory Speed 4000 MHz 1998 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 106 watts 202 watts
Bandwidth 96000 MB/sec 111888 MB/sec
Texel Rate 18960 Mtexels/sec 41472 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 18960 Mpixels/sec 16128 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 144 216
Texture Mapping Units 24 72
Render Output Units 24 28
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR3
Bus Width 192-bit 448-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 65 nm
Transistors 1170 million 1400 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 3.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GT 450 (OEM)

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