FirePro V7900 vs GeForce GTS 450

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 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 V7900 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 V7900 GeForce GTS 450
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 106 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • FirePro V7900 has 42% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • FirePro V7900 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and GeForce GTS 450 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 841 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 and GeForce GTS 450 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 271 mm longer, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 3196 MHz higher, than GeForce GTS 450.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 3−4
ultra / 1080p 6−7 1−2
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 14−16
medium / 1080p 14−16 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 GeForce GTS 450
Architecture TeraScale 3 Fermi
Code name Cayman GF106
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 13 September 2010
Pipelines 1280 192
Core clock speed 725 MHz 1566 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 25.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 601.3 gflops
Length 279 mm 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 57.7 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.2
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 192
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16 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) 171 Mh/s 40 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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