GeForce MX450 12W vs 945M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking602not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.25no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM107TU117S
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 October 2015 (9 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)

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 cores640896
Core clock speed928 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1020 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate40.8052.08
Floating-point processing power1.306 TFLOPS1.667 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4056

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 October 2015 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 12 Watt

MX450 12W has an age advantage of 4 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 525% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 945M and GeForce MX450 12W. We've got no test results to judge.


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