GeForce MX450 25W vs Quadro2 Go
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | NV11 B3 | TU117 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 August 2001 (24 years ago) | 15 August 2020 (5 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 | no data | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 143 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 930 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 20 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.29 | 52.08 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.667 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 2 | 56 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 896 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
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 | AGP 4x | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 181 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.896 GB/s | 80 GB/s |
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 | 1x VGA | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 August 2001 | 15 August 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 12 nm |
MX450 25W has an age advantage of 19 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro2 Go and GeForce MX450 25W. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro2 Go is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce MX450 25W is a mobile workstation one.
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