GeForce MX450 vs GTS 450 Rev. 3

GTS 240 OEM GTS 250 GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
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MX110 MX130 MX150 MX230 MX250 MX330 MX350 MX450 MX450 30.5W 8Gbps MX550 MX570 MX570 A

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GTS 450 Rev. 3 GTS 450 Rev. 3
GeForce MX450 GeForce MX450

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated454
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data26.81
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF116N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 July 2012 (12 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 cores144896
Core clock speed783 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1575 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate18.79100.8
Floating-point processing power0.451 TFLOPS3.226 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs2464

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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeDDR3GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s64.03 GB/s
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

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.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.17.5

Pros & cons summary

Recency 11 July 2012 1 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce MX450 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 324% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 and GeForce MX450. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 3 is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 is a notebook one.

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

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Community ratings

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