GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon HD 6850 X2, 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 HD 6850 X2, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 139% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 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 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 766 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon HD 6850 X2 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 2396 MHz higher, than GeForce GTS 450.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 12−14
ultra / 1080p 1−2 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 14−16 27−30
medium / 1080p 5−6 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF106 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 September 2010 19 September 2011
Pipelines 192 960
Core clock speed 1566 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion/sec 38.40
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.2 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 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
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