GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps vs 7300 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1378not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.94no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG73TU117
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 May 2006 (19 years ago)25 August 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 coresno data896
Core clock speed350 MHz1035 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1275 MHz
Number of transistors177 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)24 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate2.80071.40
Floating-point processing powerno data2.285 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs856
L1 Cacheno data896 KB
L2 Cacheno data512 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed325 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.4 GB/s64 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2006 25 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 24 Watt 31 Watt

7300 GT has 29.2% lower power consumption.

MX450 30.5W 8Gbps, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7300 GT and GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7300 GT is a desktop graphics card while GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps is a notebook one.

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