GeForce MX450 vs GTS 360M

Place in performance ranking	890	424
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.13	no data
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	N11E-GS1	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$230	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	96	896
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1575 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	17.60	100.8
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	413	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 360M and GeForce MX450 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	no data
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 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	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
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	no data	+
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.

GTS 360M 1.68

GeForce MX450 9.64
+474%

MX450 outperforms GTS 360M by 474% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTS 360M 651

GeForce MX450 3732
+473%

MX450 outperforms GTS 360M by 473% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 360M 5522

GeForce MX450 22831
+313%

MX450 outperforms GTS 360M by 313% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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	18 −456%	100−110 +456%
Full HD	23 −26.1%	29 +26.1%
1440p	2−3 −700%	16 +700%
4K	4−5 −525%	25 +525%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−700%

32
+700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −4800%	49 +4800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −160%	24−27 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −450%	22 +450%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3300%	34 +3300%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%
Hitman 3	2−3 −1700%	36 +1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1150%	25 +1150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −475%	23 +475%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −357%	32 +357%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −3700%	38 +3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −160%	24−27 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −225%	13 +225%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%
Hitman 3	2−3 −1100%	24 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −600%	14 +600%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −400%	10 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −186%	20 +186%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −560%	33 +560%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −100%	8 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2600%	27 +2600%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −300%	20 +300%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Hitman 3	4−5 −350%	18 +350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +28.6%	7 −28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	7−8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −160%	13 +160%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −567%	20 +567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	5−6

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	5−6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	4−5
Far Cry 5	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%

This is how GTS 360M and GeForce MX450 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX450 is 456% faster than GTS 360M in 900p
GeForce MX450 is 26.1% faster than GTS 360M in 1080p
GeForce MX450 is 700% faster than GTS 360M in 1440p
GeForce MX450 is 525% faster than GTS 360M in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the GTS 360M is 28.6% faster than the GeForce MX450.
in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX450 is 4800% faster than the GTS 360M.

All in all, in popular games:

GTS 360M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
GeForce MX450 is ahead in 40 tests (98%)

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	1.68	9.64
Recency	7 January 2010	1 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	25 Watt