GeForce MX450 12W vs FirePro W5170M

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTropoTU117S
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date25 August 2014 (11 years ago)15 August 2020 (5 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 cores640896
Core clock speed900 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data12 Watt
Texture fill rate37.0052.08
Floating-point processing power1.184 TFLOPS1.667 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4056
L1 Cache160 KB896 KB
L2 Cache256 KB512 KB

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x4
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
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Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 August 2014 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

MX450 12W has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5170M and GeForce MX450 12W. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5170M is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce MX450 12W is a mobile workstation one.

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