FirePro W9000 vs GeForce GTS 450

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro W9000 and GeForce GTS 450. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro W9000 and GeForce GTS 450. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 GeForce GTS 450
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 106 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • FirePro W9000 has 230% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • FirePro W9000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTS 450 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W9000 has 5 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce GTS 450 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 591 MHz higher, than FirePro W9000.
  • FirePro W9000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and GeForce GTS 450 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W9000 is 271 mm longer, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 3696 MHz higher, than GeForce GTS 450.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 3−4
ultra / 1080p 21−24 1−2
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 14−16
medium / 1080p 40−45 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 GeForce GTS 450
Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Tahiti GF106
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 14 June 2012 13 September 2010
Pipelines 2048 192
Core clock speed 975 MHz 1566 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 25.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 601.3 gflops
Length 279 mm 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 57.7 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.2
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 192
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s 40 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
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