GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon R6 Kaveri, 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 R6 Kaveri, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R6 Kaveri is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 R6 Kaveri here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon R6 Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTS 450 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 1033 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 0−1
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 1−2
medium / 1080p 5−6 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTS 450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon R6 Kaveri
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.1
Code name GF106 Kaveri
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 September 2010 4 June 2014
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 1566 MHz 533 MHz
Boost Clock 654 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 2410 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 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 40 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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