GeForce MX450 25W vs GRID K280Q

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking530not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.40no data
Power efficiency2.27no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK104TU117
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date28 June 2013 (11 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,875 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1536896
Core clock speed745 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speedno data930 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate95.3652.08
Floating-point processing power2.289 TFLOPS1.667 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs12856

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s80 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2013 15 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 25 Watt

GRID K280Q has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

MX450 25W, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 800% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID K280Q and GeForce MX450 25W. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID K280Q is a workstation card while GeForce MX450 25W is a notebook one.


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