GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps vs GT 640M Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1146not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.29no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK107TU117
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 February 2013 (12 years ago)25 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 cores384896
Core clock speed745 MHz1035 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1275 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate23.8471.40
Floating-point processing power0.5722 TFLOPS2.285 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs3256

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth40 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.07.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 February 2013 25 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 31 Watt

MX450 30.5W 8Gbps has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 3.2% lower power consumption.

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
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