GeForce MX450 12W vs 8800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1047not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG92TU117S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 October 2007 (17 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 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 cores112896
Core clock speed600 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speedno data930 MHz
Number of transistors754 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt12 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.6052.08
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS1.667 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs5656

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length229 mmno data
HeightSingle Slotno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options2-way-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTVPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bitno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.7 (6.4)
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 October 2007 15 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 12 Watt

MX450 12W has an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 775% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GT and GeForce MX450 12W. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 GT is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 12W is a notebook one.


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