GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 vs Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)

GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Jul 2012
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Nov 2013
Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    115%
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

Around 15% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)

56 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.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

HWBench recommends GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

The GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTS 450 DDR3Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
GPU NameGF116 (GF116-200-KA-A1)vsOland ()
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size238 mm²vs90 mm²
Transistors1,170 millionvs1,040 million
Shaders144vs320
Compute Units3vs5
Core clock783 MHzvs730 MHz
ROPs16vs8
TMUs24vs20

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTS 450 DDR3Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTS 450 DDR3Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
TDP106 wattsvs50 watts
Release Date11 Jul 2012vs1 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    4.70 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    5.84 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    18.80 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    14.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    22.40 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    28.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    451.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    467.20 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    2120
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    1830

Points (higher is better)