Radeon RX 6600 LE vs GeForce MX450 12W
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 178 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.09 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | TU117S | Navi 23 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 August 2020 (5 years ago) | 8 December 2023 (2 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 | 896 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 1626 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 930 MHz | 2495 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,700 million | 11,060 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 132 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 52.08 | 279.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.667 TFLOPS | 8.942 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 56 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 32 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 190 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 (6.4) | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2020 | 8 December 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 132 Watt |
MX450 12W has 1000% lower power consumption.
RX 6600 LE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce MX450 12W and Radeon RX 6600 LE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce MX450 12W is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 6600 LE is a desktop one.
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