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    GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon HD 7950

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon HD 7950. 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 7950. 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.
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    Main Specs

      GeForce GTS 450 Radeon HD 7950
    Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 6-pin 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7950 has 88% more power consumption, than GeForce GTS 450.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon HD 7950 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
    • Both cards are used in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce GTS 450 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Radeon HD 7950 is 259 mm longer, than GeForce GTS 450.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 554 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTS 450 Radeon HD 7950
    Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
    Code name GF106 Tahiti
    Type Desktop Desktop
    Release date 13 September 2010 31 January 2012
    Pipelines 192 1792
    Core clock speed 1566 MHz
    Boost Clock 1250 MHz
    Transistor count 1,170 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 25.1 billion/sec 89.60
    Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops 2,867 gflops
    Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) 267 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB/s 240 GB/s
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.2 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 192
    Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    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 381 Mh/s
    Eyefinity +
    PowerTune +
    ZeroCore +
    Design reference
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    CrossFire +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
    Compute units 28
    AppAcceleration +
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