GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps vs GTX 470

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking515not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.28no data
Power efficiency2.61no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF100TU117
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date26 March 2010 (14 years ago)25 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores448896
Core clock speed607 MHz1035 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1275 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt31 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate34.0571.40
Floating-point processing power1.089 TFLOPS2.285 TFLOPS
ROPs4032
TMUs5656

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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB2 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1674 MHz (3348 data rate)2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth133.9 GB/s64 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

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
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2010 25 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 31 Watt

MX450 30.5W 8Gbps has an age advantage of 10 years, a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 593.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470 is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps is a notebook one.


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