GeForce MX450 vs Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7

Place in the ranking	454	461
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	26.82
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 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 cores	96	896
Core clock speed	no data	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1575 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	no data	100.8
Floating-point processing power	no data	3.226 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	64

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	no data	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR4	GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	64.03 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	-	+
Quick Sync	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX 12_1	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 9.95
+2.2%

GeForce MX450 9.74

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 5000
+5.8%

GeForce MX450 4725

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	27−30 −7.4%	29 +7.4%
1440p	16−18 −6.3%	17 +6.3%
4K	24−27 −8.3%	26 +8.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +2.5%	40−45 −2.5%
Fortnite	55−60 +5.5%	55−60 −5.5%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −25%	50 +25%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 +2.7%	75−80 −2.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −73.1%	45 +73.1%
Valorant	35−40 +2.8%	35−40 −2.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Dota 2	35−40 −50%	54 +50%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −41.5%	58 +41.5%
Fortnite	55−60 +1.8%	55−60 −1.8%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	35−40 −8.6%	38 +8.6%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +68.8%	16 −68.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 +2.7%	75−80 −2.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +420%	5 −420%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 +3.4%	27−30 −3.4%
Valorant	35−40 +68.2%	22 −68.2%
World of Tanks	140−150 +2.1%	140−150 −2.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Dota 2	35−40 −125%	81 +125%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +2.5%	40−45 −2.5%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +33.3%	30 −33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80 +2.7%	75−80 −2.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 +11.1%	27−30 −11.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

55−60
+5.5%

55−60

−5.5%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 +18.2%	11 −18.2%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +4.2%	24−27 −4.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +4.8%	21−24 −4.8%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +22.2%	18 −22.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

24−27
+4.2%

24−27

−4.2%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Valorant	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Dota 2	20−22 −60%	32 +60%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +7.4%	27−30 −7.4%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

10−11

+11.1%

9−10
−11.1%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	32 +0%	32 +0%
Elden Ring	29 +0%	29 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	18 +0%	18 +0%
Metro Exodus	34 +0%	34 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8 +0%	8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 +0%	11 +0%
Elden Ring	28 +0%	28 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +0%	6 +0%
Valorant	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	11 +0%	11 +0%
Elden Ring	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
World of Tanks	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Dota 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Elden Ring	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Fortnite	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Valorant	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

This is how Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 and GeForce MX450 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX450 is 7% faster in 1080p
GeForce MX450 is 6% faster in 1440p
GeForce MX450 is 8% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is 420% faster.
in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce MX450 is 125% faster.

All in all, in popular games: