GeForce MX450 vs Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated454
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data26.81
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameVega 10N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 October 2017 (7 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 cores4096896
Core clock speed1156 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speed1247 MHz1575 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate319.2100.8
Floating-point processing powerno data3.226 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs25664

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
Length152 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeHBM2GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth409.6 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo 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.

DirectX12.012 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2017 1 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 25 Watt

RX Vega 64 Nano has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GeForce MX450, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano and GeForce MX450. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Nano
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