GeForce MX450 vs Go 6800 Ultra

Place in the ranking	1285	460
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.28	26.54
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	NV41	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	24 February 2005 (19 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 cores	17	896
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	450 MHz	1575 MHz
Number of transistors	190 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	5.400	100.8
Floating-point processing power	no data	3.226 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	12	64

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 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

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

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.

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	3.0	6.5
OpenGL	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

Go 6800 Ultra 0.36

GeForce MX450 9.68
+2589%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Go 6800 Ultra 137

GeForce MX450 3732
+2624%

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:

Full HD	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
1440p	0−1	18
4K	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−1500%

32
+1500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −667%	21−24 +667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1000%	22 +1000%
Hitman 3	4−5 −650%	30 +650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −563%	50−55 +563%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −700%	30−35 +700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −236%	94 +236%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −667%	21−24 +667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −550%	13 +550%
Hitman 3	4−5 −625%	29 +625%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −563%	50−55 +563%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −900%	40 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −189%	24−27 +189%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −218%	89 +218%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −667%	21−24 +667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −300%	8 +300%
Hitman 3	4−5 −525%	25 +525%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −200%	24 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −650%	30 +650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −122%	20 +122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +300%	7 −300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	5−6
Hitman 3	6−7 −200%	18 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −900%	20−22 +900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1200%

26
+1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−350%

9−10
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10 +0%	10 +0%
Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Metro Exodus	55 +0%	55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45 +0%	45 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6 +0%	6 +0%
Battlefield 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Metro Exodus	37 +0%	37 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	11 +0%	11 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7 +0%	7 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18 +0%	18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

This is how Go 6800 Ultra and GeForce MX450 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX450 is 2700% faster in 1080p
GeForce MX450 is 2900% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Go 6800 Ultra is 300% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the GeForce MX450 is 1500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Go 6800 Ultra is ahead in 1 test (1%)
GeForce MX450 is ahead in 28 tests (40%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.36	9.68
Recency	24 February 2005	1 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	130 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	25 Watt

GeForce MX450 has a 2588.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 256% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX450 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 6800 Ultra in performance tests.

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