GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 vs Radeon HD 7770

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	568	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.38	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	15 February 2012 (12 years ago)	1 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129.99	no data
Current price	$300 (2.3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	640	1024
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	40.00	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7770 and GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 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	no data
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	no data
Eyefinity	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	DirectX 12_1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 February 2012	1 August 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm

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