GeForce MX450 vs Quadro FX 330

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated458
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.02
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV37N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date28 June 2004 (20 years ago)1 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 coresno data896
Core clock speed250 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1575 MHz
Number of transistors45 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)21 Watt25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate1.000100.8
Floating-point processing powerno data3.226 TFLOPS
ROPs232
TMUs464

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 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDR2GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/s64.03 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVINo outputs

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.

DirectX9.0a12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2004 1 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 21 Watt 25 Watt

FX 330 has 19% lower power consumption.

GeForce MX450, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 330 and GeForce MX450. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 330 is a workstation card while GeForce MX450 is a notebook one.


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