GeForce MX450 12W vs GTX 1080 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking128not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation91.81no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameN17E-G3TU117S
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (7 years ago)15 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 no data
Current price$230 (0.5x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2560896
CUDA cores2560no data
Core clock speed1607 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1733 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt12 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.452.08
Floating-point performance9,068 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and GeForce MX450 12W compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s10 GB/s
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2016 15 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 12 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and GeForce MX450 12W. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce MX450 12W is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
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