GeForce GTX 560 SE vs GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

GeForce GTX 560 SE
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 20 Feb 2012
GeForce GTX 560 SE
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Jul 2012
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    155%
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 SE

Around 55% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

44 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 560 SE .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 560 SE

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 560 SE

The GeForce GTX 560 SE is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 SEGeForce GTS 450 DDR3
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-200-KB-A1)vsGF116 (GF116-200-KA-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs238 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs1,170 million
Shaders288vs144
Compute Units6vs3
Core clock736 MHzvs783 MHz
ROPs24vs16
TMUs48vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 SEGeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed957 MHz
3828 MHz effective
vs700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560 SEGeForce GTS 450 DDR3
TDP150 wattsvs106 watts
Release Date20 Feb 2012vs11 Jul 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    8.83 GP/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    4.70 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    35.30 GT/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    18.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    91.90 GB/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    22.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    847.90 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    451.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    3300
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    2120

Points (higher is better)