Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs GeForce MX450 12W

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 4 (2025)
GPU code nameTU117Sno data
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2020 (5 years ago)2 January 2025 (less than a year 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 cores8962048
Core clock speed720 MHzno data
Boost clock speed930 MHz2530 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Wattno data
Texture fill rate52.08no data
Floating-point processing power1.667 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs56no data
L1 Cache896 KBno data
L2 Cache512 KBno data

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 4.0 x4no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth80 GB/sno data
Shared memory--
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2020 2 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 4 nm

RX 9060 XT 16GB has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX450 12W and Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX450 12W is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA GeForce MX450 12W
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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
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