GeForce2 MX vs Radeon HD 6450

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1306	1598
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.01	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Caicos	NV11 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	7 April 2011 (14 years ago)	28 June 2000 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$55	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	160	no data
Core clock speed	no data	175 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	370 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	5.000	0.7
Floating-point processing power	0.2 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	8	4
L1 Cache	16 KB	no data
L2 Cache	128 KB	no 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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
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	GDDR5	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	2.656 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)	no data

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x VGA
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	4	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Synthetic benchmarks

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

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 April 2011	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm

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