GeForce MX450 vs Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 523 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 27.34 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb | N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 25 August 2011 (14 years ago) | 1 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 | 960 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 680 MHz | 1395 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1575 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 32.64 | 100.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.306 TFLOPS | 3.226 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 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).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5, GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 10000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 64.03 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | No outputs |
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 | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 August 2011 | 1 August 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 25 Watt |
GeForce MX450 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 233.3% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and GeForce MX450. We've got no test results to judge.
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