Matrox Millennium G450 x4 MMS vs GeForce MX450 30.5W 10Gbps
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | G400 (1999−2002) |
| GPU code name | TU117 | Condor |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 August 2020 (4 years ago) | 19 June 2002 (22 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 cores | 896 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1395 MHz | 125 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1575 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,700 million | 10 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 88.20 | 0.25 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.822 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 |
| TMUs | 56 | 2 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCI |
| Length | no data | 165 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | GDDR6 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 2.656 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 Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | None |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | None |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 August 2020 | 19 June 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 180 nm |
MX450 30.5W 10Gbps has an age advantage of 18 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce MX450 30.5W 10Gbps and Matrox Millennium G450 x4 MMS. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce MX450 30.5W 10Gbps is a notebook card while Matrox Millennium G450 x4 MMS is a desktop one.
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