GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 vs FX 5200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1493not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV18 C1N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 March 2003 (21 year ago)1 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$69.99 no data

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 data1024
Core clock speed250 MHzno data
Number of transistors29 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm10 nm
Texture fill rate1.000no data
ROPs2no data
TMUs4no data

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

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.

DirectX8.0DirectX 12_1
OpenGL1.3no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 1 August 2020
Chip lithography 150 nm 10 nm

MX450 N18S-G5 has an age advantage of 17 years, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5200 and GeForce MX450 N18S-G5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5200 is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
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