GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps vs Quadro FX 3000G

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	NV35	TU117
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	22 July 2003 (20 years ago)	25 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$799	no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	896
Core clock speed	400 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1275 MHz
Number of transistors	135 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	31 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	71.40

Size and 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	AGP 8x	PCIe 4.0 x4
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None

Memory

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	DDR	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	27.2 GB/s	64 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API support

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

DirectX	9.0a	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	no data	7.5

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	22 July 2003	25 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	130 nm	12 nm

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