GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon RX 460

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTS 450 and Radeon RX 460, 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 RX 460, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon RX 460
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 75 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 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTS 450 has 41% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 460.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 460 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 460 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon RX 460 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTS 450 is 476 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 460.
  • GeForce GTS 450 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 460 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Radeon RX 460 is 162 mm longer, than GeForce GTS 450.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 460 is 5196 MHz higher, than GeForce GTS 450.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 21−24
ultra / 1080p 1−2 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 14−16 40−45
medium / 1080p 5−6 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 460 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 316% more, than GeForce GTS 450.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTS 450 Radeon RX 460
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name GF106 Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 September 2010 8 August 2016
Pipelines 192 896
Core clock speed 1566 MHz 1090 MHz
Boost Clock 1200 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion/sec 67.20
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops 2,150 gflops
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB/s 112.0 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
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