GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 vs FirePro W8100

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	277	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	6.64	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Hawaii	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	23 June 2014 (9 years ago)	1 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$590	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	1024
Core clock speed	824 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	131.8	no data
Floating-point performance	4,219 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on FirePro W8100 and GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	no data
StereoOutput3D	1	no data
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data
HD сomponent video output	1	no data

Supported Technologies

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

Optimus

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API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	DirectX 12_1
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	23 June 2014	1 August 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm

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