FirePro W4300 vs GeForce GTS 450

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W4300 and GeForce GTS 450, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W4300 stacks up against GeForce GTS 450, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FirePro W4300 GeForce GTS 450
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 106 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTS 450 has 112% more power consumption, than FirePro W4300.
  • FirePro W4300 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTS 450 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro W4300 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W4300 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and GeForce GTS 450 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 636 MHz higher, than FirePro W4300.
  • FirePro W4300 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and GeForce GTS 450 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • FirePro W4300 is 163 mm longer, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 4196 MHz higher, than GeForce GTS 450.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 3−4
ultra / 1080p 8−9 1−2
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 14−16
medium / 1080p 18−20 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W4300 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4300 GeForce GTS 450
Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi
Code name Bonaire GF106
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 December 2015 13 September 2010
Pipelines 768 192
Core clock speed 930 MHz 1566 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 25.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 601.3 gflops
Length 171 mm 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 57.7 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.3 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.2
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 192
Bus support 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) 152 Mh/s 40 Mh/s
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