PNY Quadro NVS 450 vs Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE
PNY Quadro NVS 450 1GB GDDR3 workstation
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
PNY Quadro NVS 450 1GB GDDR3 workstation
The NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 generally works well for multi-monitor setups, with several users successfully driving 4 displays at high resolution. However, compatibility issues with older systems and driver failures are common complaints, and the lack of included adapters has frustrated some buyers. Performance for basic tasks is acceptable, but it is not suitable for gaming or heavy graphics work.
Pros
- Supports 4 monitors at high resolution
- Silent operation (no fan)
- Works with multiple Nvidia cards
- Good desktop performance
- Easy installation in some systems
Cons
- Driver issues on some systems
- Compatibility problems with older hardware
- Expensive for the performance offered
- No 3D/gaming capabilities
- Missing adapters in box
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6
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Scores
Specifications
| PNY Quadro NVS 450 | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Quadro NVS 450 | Radeon RX 7900 GRE |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | — | RDNA 3 |
| Class | workstation | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 512 MB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | GDDR6★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 80★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 91.95999908447266★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 45.97999954223633★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | No data | |
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | — | 268★ |
| Recommended PSU | — | 700★ |
| Power Connectors | — | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | — | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | — | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express Gen 2 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 4★ | 2 |
| HDMI | 0 | 2★ |
| USB-C | 0★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 279★ | 320 |
| Slot Width | — | 2.5★ |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 0.57 kg★ | 1.63 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 3 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
Pros & Cons
PNY Quadro NVS 450 1GB GDDR3 workstation
- Strong affordability (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Below average ai (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average vram (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average rt (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average efficiency (4th percentile)4th %ile
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6
- Strong compute (90th percentile)90th %ile
- Strong rt (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong ai (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong connectivity (86th percentile)86th %ile
Pricing
PNY Quadro NVS 450 1GB GDDR3 workstation
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE PULSE 16GB GDDR6
No current pricing available
Verdict
Scores 78 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 37 specs.