RTX 5000 Embedded Ada Generation vs GeForce MX450 12W

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
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU117SAD103
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date15 August 2020 (4 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year 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 cores8969728
Core clock speed720 MHz1425 MHz
Boost clock speed930 MHz2115 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate52.08643.0
Floating-point processing power1.667 TFLOPS41.15 TFLOPS
ROPs32112
TMUs56304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s576.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA7.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2020 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 120 Watt

MX450 12W has 900% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000 Embedded Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX450 12W and RTX 5000 Embedded Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX450 12W is a notebook graphics card while RTX 5000 Embedded Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce MX450 12W
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