GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon HD 7870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon HD 7870. 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 GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon HD 7870. 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

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • Radeon HD 7870 has 65% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Radeon HD 7870 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 566 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 2996 MHz higher, than GeForce GTS 450.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 24−27
ultra / 1080p 1−2 14−16
QHD / 1440p 0−1 9−10
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 14−16 45−50
medium / 1080p 5−6 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 383% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon HD 7870
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF106 Pitcairn XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 September 2010 5 March 2012
Pipelines 192 1280
Core clock speed 1566 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
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) 40 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
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