GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 vs GTX 260 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT200BN17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 July 2008 (16 years ago)1 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

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 cores1921024
Core clock speed576 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Wattno data
Texture fill rate36.86no data
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPSno data
ROPs28no data
TMUs64no data

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 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 amount896 MBno data
Memory bus width448 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2008 1 August 2020
Chip lithography 55 nm 10 nm

MX450 N18S-G5 has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 and GeForce MX450 N18S-G5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Rev. 2
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