GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 vs Radeon HD 7730

GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Mar 2011
GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
Radeon HD 7730
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 May 2013
Radeon HD 7730
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Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7730

59 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2Radeon HD 7730
GPU NameGF116 (GF116-200-KA-A1)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde LE)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size238 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors1,170 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders192vs384
Compute Units4vs6
Core clock783 MHzvs800 MHz
ROPs16vs8
TMUs32vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2Radeon HD 7730
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed902 MHz
3608 MHz effective
vs1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2Radeon HD 7730
TDP106 wattsvs47 watts
Release Date15 Mar 2011vs1 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
    6.26 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 7730
    6.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
    25.10 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 7730
    19.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
    57.70 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 7730
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
    601.30 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 7730
    614.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better