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    GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon R7 M380

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon R7 M380, 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 GeForce GTS 450 stacks up against Radeon R7 M380, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon R7 M380 is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon R7 M380 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R7 M380 here:

    Radeon R7 M380 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 450 Radeon R7 M380
    Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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    • GeForce GTS 450 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R7 M380 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M380 - in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 M380 - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 651 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M380.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M380 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 804 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M380.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 14−16 16−18
    medium / 1080p 5−6 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 M380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 450 Radeon R7 M380
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name GF106 Tropo
    Type Desktop Laptop
    Release date 13 September 2010 7 May 2015
    Pipelines 192 640
    Core clock speed 1566 MHz 915 MHz
    Boost Clock 915 MHz
    Transistor count 1,170 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 25.1 billion/sec 36.60
    Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops 1,171 gflops
    Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 1000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB/s 32 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.2 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 192
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0
    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
    Laptop size medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 10
    AppAcceleration +
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