GeForce MX450 vs Radeon R7 450 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated460
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data26.57
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameCape VerdeN17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 June 2016 (8 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 cores512896
Core clock speed925 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1575 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate29.60100.8
Floating-point processing power0.9472 TFLOPS3.226 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s64.03 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
HDMI+-

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.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)6.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)1.2
Vulkan1.2.1701.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 June 2016 1 August 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce MX450 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 160% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 450 OEM and GeForce MX450. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 450 OEM is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM
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