L40S vs GeForce MX450

Place in the ranking	522	77
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	27.30	12.24
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	1 August 2020 (5 years ago)	13 October 2022 (3 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	18176
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	100.8	1,431
Floating-point processing power	3.226 TFLOPS	91.61 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	192
TMUs	64	568
Tensor Cores	no data	568
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	142
L1 Cache	no data	17.8 MB
L2 Cache	no data	48 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 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-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	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	10000 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	864.0 GB/s
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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

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	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.9
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

GeForce MX450 8.89

L40S 47.85
+438%

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.

GeForce MX450 3720
Samples: 1539

L40S 20022
+438%

Samples: 7

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GeForce MX450 28411

L40S 337687
+1089%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

GeForce MX450 27321

L40S 253779
+829%

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	28 −436%	150−160 +436%
1440p	16 −431%	85−90 +431%
4K	25 −420%	130−140 +420%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	88 −411%	450−500 +411%
Cyberpunk 2077	32 −431%	170−180 +431%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	49 −431%	260−270 +431%
Counter-Strike 2	67 −422%	350−400 +422%
Cyberpunk 2077	22 −400%	110−120 +400%
Escape from Tarkov	35−40 −414%	190−200 +414%
Far Cry 5	34 −429%	180−190 +429%
Fortnite	61 −392%	300−310 +392%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −413%	200−210 +413%
Forza Horizon 5	34 −429%	180−190 +429%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%
Valorant	85−90 −406%	450−500 +406%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	38 −426%	200−210 +426%
Counter-Strike 2	28 −436%	150−160 +436%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	130−140 −407%	700−750 +407%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 −400%	65−70 +400%
Dota 2	88 −411%	450−500 +411%
Escape from Tarkov	35−40 −414%	190−200 +414%
Far Cry 5	29 −417%	150−160 +417%
Fortnite	39 −413%	200−210 +413%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −413%	200−210 +413%
Forza Horizon 5	26 −400%	130−140 +400%
Grand Theft Auto V	38 −426%	200−210 +426%
Metro Exodus	10 −400%	50−55 +400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	33 −415%	170−180 +415%
Valorant	85−90 −406%	450−500 +406%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	30 −433%	160−170 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	8 −400%	40−45 +400%
Dota 2	81 −394%	400−450 +394%
Escape from Tarkov	35−40 −414%	190−200 +414%
Far Cry 5	27 −419%	140−150 +419%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −413%	200−210 +413%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −431%	170−180 +431%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 −400%	100−105 +400%
Valorant	85−90 −406%	450−500 +406%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

25
−420%

130−140

+420%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −429%	90−95 +429%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	65−70 −407%	350−400 +407%
Grand Theft Auto V	11 −400%	55−60 +400%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 −432%	250−260 +432%
Valorant	100−105 −400%	500−550 +400%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	22 −400%	110−120 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Escape from Tarkov	16−18 −429%	90−95 +429%
Far Cry 5	20 −400%	100−105 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −424%	110−120 +424%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

18−20
−426%

100−105

+426%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 −400%	100−105 +400%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Valorant	45−50 −432%	250−260 +432%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	10−11 −400%	50−55 +400%
Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Dota 2	32 −431%	170−180 +431%
Escape from Tarkov	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

9−10
−400%

45−50

+400%

This is how GeForce MX450 and L40S compete in popular games:

L40S is 436% faster in 1080p
L40S is 431% faster in 1440p
L40S is 420% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.89	47.85
Recency	1 August 2020	13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	300 Watt

GeForce MX450 has 1100% lower power consumption.

L40S, on the other hand, has a 438.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The L40S is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX450 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce MX450 is a notebook graphics card while L40S is a workstation one.