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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 is a graphics card, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 192 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 57.7 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 783 MHz and a 106 W board power rating. It scores 1,355 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

FermiGF106-250-KA-A1

8/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 39 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

192cores

Memory

1 GB

GDDR5 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

783 MHz base

Board power

106 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 scores 1,355 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 59.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,234), measured across 4,352 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 330.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,355

Rank #1,234
Faster than 59.8% of 2,658 GPUs
4,352 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 31 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 46.4% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 35.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 11 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 34% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 13.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 613 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 33% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 averages DirectX 9 31 fps, DirectX 10 5 fps, DirectX 11 11 fps, DirectX 12 5 fps and GPU Compute 613 ops/s, across 4,352 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 783 MHz

Memory clock 3608 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 106 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-09

Samples 4,352

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 783 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename GF106-250-KA-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 1,170 M

Die size 238 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 is based on the Fermi architecture, uses the GF106-250-KA-A1 graphics processor, contains 1,170 million transistors and has a die size of 238 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 192

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 has 192 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450.

Clock speeds

Base clock 783 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 runs at a base clock of 783 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 57.7 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 57.7 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 has a board power rating of 106 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 106 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price $129

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 400 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 launched at a price of $129.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,355

PassMark G2D 330

Rank #1,234

Samples 4,352

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as (PE64) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450.

Other names (PassMark) (PE64) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 has 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 57.7 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 has a board power rating of 106 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 scores 1,355 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 59.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,234. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 5 fps.