GeForce MX450 vs 9800M GTX SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and GeForce MX450, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

9800M GTX SLI
2008
1 GB GDDR3, 150 Watt
3.07

MX450 outperforms 9800M GTX SLI by a whopping 215% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking757453
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.4627.66
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNB9E-GTXN17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 July 2008 (16 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 cores224896
Core clock speed500 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1575 MHz
Number of transistors3016 Million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rateno data100.8
Floating-point processing powerno data3.226 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz10000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data64.03 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

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.

DirectX1012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
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.

9800M GTX SLI 3.07
GeForce MX450 9.68
+215%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9800M GTX SLI 8193
GeForce MX450 22831
+179%

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 HD8−9
−250%
28
+250%
1440p5−6
−260%
18
+260%
4K7−8
−257%
25
+257%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−433%
32
+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−156%
21−24
+156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−900%
10
+900%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−186%
20−22
+186%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−267%
22
+267%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−267%
21−24
+267%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−276%
60−65
+276%
Hitman 3 8−9
−275%
30
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−130%
50−55
+130%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−1275%
55
+1275%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−463%
45
+463%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−146%
30−35
+146%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−141%
94
+141%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−156%
21−24
+156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−500%
6
+500%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−186%
20−22
+186%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−117%
13
+117%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−267%
21−24
+267%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−276%
60−65
+276%
Hitman 3 8−9
−263%
29
+263%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−130%
50−55
+130%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−825%
37
+825%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−208%
40
+208%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−85.7%
24−27
+85.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−128%
89
+128%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−156%
21−24
+156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1000%
11
+1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−186%
20−22
+186%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−267%
21−24
+267%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−276%
60−65
+276%
Hitman 3 8−9
−213%
25
+213%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−4.3%
24
+4.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−131%
30
+131%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−42.9%
20
+42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+457%
7
−457%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−288%
31
+288%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−280%
18−20
+280%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−200%
14−16
+200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Hitman 3 8−9
−125%
18
+125%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−150%
20−22
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−221%
60−65
+221%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−333%
26
+333%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−125%
9−10
+125%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7
+0%
7
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
+0%
18
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how 9800M GTX SLI and GeForce MX450 compete in popular games:

  • GeForce MX450 is 250% faster in 1080p
  • GeForce MX450 is 260% faster in 1440p
  • GeForce MX450 is 257% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 9800M GTX SLI is 457% faster.
  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX450 is 1275% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • 9800M GTX SLI is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • GeForce MX450 is ahead in 61 test (85%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.07 9.68
Recency 15 July 2008 1 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce MX450 has a 215.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 500% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX450 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTX SLI in performance tests.


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