GeForce MX450 25W vs MX330

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking577not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency43.12no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP108TU117
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 February 2020 (4 years ago)15 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 cores384896
Core clock speed1531 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed1594 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate38.2652.08
Floating-point processing power1.224 TFLOPS1.667 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs2456

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
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 amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 February 2020 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce MX330 has 150% lower power consumption.

MX450 25W, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX330 and GeForce MX450 25W. We've got no test results to judge.


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