GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 vs GeForce GT 720 384SP
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 720 384SP |
| 87 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 720 384SP
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 | | GeForce GT 720 384SP | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF116 (GF116-200-KA-A1) | vs | GK208 () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 238 mm² | vs | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,170 million | vs | unknown |
| Shaders | 144 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 783 MHz | vs | 967 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 | | GeForce GT 720 384SP | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 700 MHz
1400 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 | | GeForce GT 720 384SP | |
|---|
| TDP | 106 watts | vs | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Jul 2012 | vs | 27 Mar 2014 |
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
4.70 GP/s
GeForce GT 720 384SP
7.74 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
18.80 GT/s
GeForce GT 720 384SP
15.47 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
22.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 720 384SP
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
451.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 720 384SP
742.70 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better