GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking85not rated
Place by popularity72not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.85no data
Power efficiency13.27no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNavi 10TU117
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)25 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores2560896
Core clock speed1605 MHz1035 MHz
Boost clock speed1905 MHz1275 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate304.871.40
Floating-point processing power9.754 TFLOPS2.285 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16056

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length272 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s64 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 25 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 31 Watt

RX 5700 XT has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

MX450 30.5W 8Gbps, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 625.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5700 XT and GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5700 XT is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
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NVIDIA GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps
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