GeForce MX450 25W vs Radeon HD 7850

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking491not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.48no data
Power efficiency5.44no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code namePitcairnTU117
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date5 March 2012 (13 years ago)15 August 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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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 cores1024896
Core clock speedno data720 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate55.0452.08
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPS1.667 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6456
L1 Cache256 KB896 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s80 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 March 2012 15 August 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 25 Watt

MX450 25W has an age advantage of 8 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 420% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7850 and GeForce MX450 25W. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7850 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce MX450 25W is a notebook one.

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