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    GeForce GTS 450 OEM vs GeForce GTX 970

    GeForce GTS 450 OEM
    Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 11 Oct 2010
    GeForce GTS 450 OEM
    GeForce GTX 970
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 19 Sep 2014
    GeForce GTX 970
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 970
      742%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 OEM

    42 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 970 .
    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 642% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 970

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970

    The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTS 450 OEMGeForce GTX 970
    GPU NameGF106 (GF106-250-KB-A1)vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size238 mm²vs398 mm²
    Transistors1,170 millionvs5,200 million
    Shaders144vs1664
    Compute Units3vs13
    Core clock790 MHzvs1050 MHz
    ROPs24vs56
    TMUs24vs104

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTS 450 OEMGeForce GTX 970
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed1000 MHz
    4000 MHz effective    		vs1753 MHz
    7012 MHz effective
    Memory Size1536 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTS 450 OEMGeForce GTX 970
    TDP106 wattsvs148 watts
    Release Date11 Oct 2010vs19 Sep 2014

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
      4.74 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      58.80 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
      19.00 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      109.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
      96.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 970
      224.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
      455.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 970
      3494.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
      2120
    • GeForce GTX 970
      15750

    Points (higher is better)

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