GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon Pro 455

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon Pro 455, 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 Pro 455, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 455 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 455 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 Pro 455 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon Pro 455
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs
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  • GeForce GTS 450 has 202% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 455.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 455 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 455 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 455 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Pro 455 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 711 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 455.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 455 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 455 is 3196 MHz higher, than GeForce GTS 450.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 16−18
ultra / 1080p 1−2 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 5−6 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 455 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon Pro 455
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name GF106 Polaris 11
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 13 September 2010 27 October 2016
Pipelines 192 768
Core clock speed 1566 MHz 855 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion/sec 41.04
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops 1,313 gflops
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB/s 81.28 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
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 163 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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