GeForce MX450 12W vs GTX 680

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking361not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.03no data
Power efficiency5.08no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK104TU117S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 speed1006 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1058 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate135.452.08
Floating-point processing power3.25 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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length254 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 amount2048 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256-bit GDDR564 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

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)
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 12 Watt

MX450 12W has an age advantage of 8 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1525% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce MX450 12W. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 680 is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 12W is a notebook one.


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