Radeon Vega 8 vs GeForce GTS 450
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon Vega 8
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| 41 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 450 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute. |
| Supports FreeSync. |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty). |
| Supports TrueAudio. |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450
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Supports PhysX.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications.
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HWBench recommends Radeon Vega 8
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
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Radeon Vega 8 |
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GeForce GTS 450 |
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| GPU Name |
Raven Ridge () |
vs |
GF106 (GF106-250-KA-A1) |
| Fab Process |
14 nm |
vs |
40 nm |
| Die Size |
210 mm² |
vs |
238 mm² |
| Transistors |
4,940 million |
vs |
1,170 million |
| Shaders |
512 |
vs |
192 |
| Compute Units |
8 |
vs |
4 |
| Core clock |
300 MHz |
vs |
783 MHz |
| ROPs |
16 |
vs |
16 |
| TMUs |
32 |
vs |
32 |
Memory Configuration
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Radeon Vega 8 |
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GeForce GTS 450 |
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| Memory Type |
System Shared |
vs |
GDDR5 |
| Bus Width |
System Shared |
vs |
128 bit |
| Memory Speed |
System Shared |
vs |
902 MHz
3608 MHz effective |
| Memory Size |
0 Mb |
vs |
1024 Mb |
Additional details
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Radeon Vega 8 |
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GeForce GTS 450 |
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| TDP |
65 watts |
vs |
106 watts |
| Release Date |
13 Feb 2018 |
vs |
13 Sep 2010 |
Radeon Vega 8
17.60 GP/s
GeForce GTS 450
6.26 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
35.20 GT/s
GeForce GTS 450
25.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
0.00 GB/s
GeForce GTS 450
57.70 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon Vega 8
1126.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTS 450
601.30 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better