GeForce MX450 vs GT 330M

Place in performance ranking	1220	453
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	N11P-GE1	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 August 2020 (4 years ago)

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	48	896
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1575 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	9.200	100.8
Floating-point performance	0.1214 gflops	3.226 gflops
Gigaflops	182	no 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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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 type	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	64.03 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 Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	-	+
Power management	8.0	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GT 330M 0.56

GeForce MX450 9.68
+1629%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 330M 216

GeForce MX450 3733
+1628%

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.

GT 330M 2658

GeForce MX450 22831
+759%

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:

900p	10 −1600%	170−180 +1600%
Full HD	17 −64.7%	28 +64.7%
1440p	0−1	15
4K	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−967%

32
+967%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −475%	21−24 +475%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −633%	22 +633%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Hitman 3	5−6 −500%	30 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −382%	50−55 +382%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −433%	30−35 +433%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −213%	94 +213%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −475%	21−24 +475%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −333%	13 +333%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Hitman 3	5−6 −480%	29 +480%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −382%	50−55 +382%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −567%	40 +567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −160%	24−27 +160%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −197%	89 +197%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −475%	21−24 +475%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −167%	8 +167%
Hitman 3	5−6 −400%	25 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −118%	24 +118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −400%	30 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −100%	20 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +329%	7 −329%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1400%

14−16
+1400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Hitman 3	6−7 −200%	18 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −6000%	60−65 +6000%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−767%

26
+767%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−350%

9−10
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10 +0%	10 +0%
Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Metro Exodus	55 +0%	55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45 +0%	45 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6 +0%	6 +0%
Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Metro Exodus	37 +0%	37 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11 +0%	11 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

18−20

+0%

18−20

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7 +0%	7 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +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%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
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

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

This is how GT 330M and GeForce MX450 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX450 is 1600% faster in 900p
GeForce MX450 is 65% faster in 1080p
GeForce MX450 is 2300% 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 GT 330M is 329% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce MX450 is 6000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 330M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
GeForce MX450 is ahead in 34 tests (49%)
there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.56	9.68
Recency	10 January 2010	1 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	25 Watt

GT 330M has 8.7% lower power consumption.

GeForce MX450, on the other hand, has a 1628.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce MX450 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 330M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.