GeForce MX450 12W vs GTX 750 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking445not rated
Place by popularity31not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.97no data
Power efficiency11.75no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM107TU117S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 February 2014 (10 years ago)15 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 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 cores640896
Core clock speed1020 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate43.4052.08
Floating-point processing power1.389 TFLOPS1.667 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4056

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length145 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5.4 GB/s1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s80 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

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3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 February 2014 15 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 12 Watt

GTX 750 Ti has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

MX450 12W, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 750 Ti and GeForce MX450 12W. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 750 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 12W is a notebook one.


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