GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 vs Arc 8-Core iGPU
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 292 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Xe LPG (2023) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Meteor Lake iGPU | N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (less than a year 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 | 8 | 1024 |
| Boost clock speed | 2300 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 10 nm |
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 | no data | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | no data | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 5000 MHz |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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.
| DirectX | 12_2 | DirectX 12_1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 December 2023 | 1 August 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 10 nm |
Arc 8-Core iGPU has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Arc 8-Core iGPU and GeForce MX450 N18S-G5. We've got no test results to judge.
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