GeForce MX450 vs Quadro M4000

Place in performance ranking	296	428
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.80	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GM204	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	29 June 2015 (8 years ago)	1 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	no data
Current price	$314 (0.4x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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	1664	896
Core clock speed	773 MHz	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1575 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	80.39	100.8
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M4000 and GeForce MX450 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 192 GB/s	64.03 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	no data	+
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
High-Performance Video I/O6	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2
CUDA	5.2	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro M4000 17.30
+78.9%

GeForce MX450 9.67

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce MX450 by 79% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro M4000 6687
+79%

GeForce MX450 3736

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce MX450 by 79% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro M4000 18031

GeForce MX450 29081
+61.3%

GeForce MX450 outperforms Quadro M4000 by 61% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro M4000 19929

GeForce MX450 27834
+39.7%

GeForce MX450 outperforms Quadro M4000 by 40% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M4000 16648

GeForce MX450 29969
+80%

GeForce MX450 outperforms Quadro M4000 by 80% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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	50−55 +78.6%	28 −78.6%
1440p	24−27 +60%	15 −60%
4K	45−50 +73.1%	26 −73.1%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.30	9.67
Recency	29 June 2015	1 August 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	25 Watt