GeForce MX450 vs Radeon R9 M470X

Place in performance ranking	466	424
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2 (2016)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Emerald	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	14 May 2016 (7 years ago)	1 August 2020 (3 years ago)

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	896	896
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1575 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	61.60	100.8
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M470X and GeForce MX450 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	64.03 GB/s
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

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	no data	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 M470X 8.38

GeForce MX450 9.64
+15%

GeForce MX450 outperforms Radeon R9 M470X by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 M470X 3244

GeForce MX450 3732
+15%

GeForce MX450 outperforms Radeon R9 M470X by 15% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	24−27 −20.8%	29 +20.8%
1440p	12−14 −33.3%	16 +33.3%
4K	21−24 −19%	25 +19%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

12−14

−146%

32
+146%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −17.6%	20−22 +17.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +20%	10 −20%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −75%	49 +75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −13%	24−27 +13%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −69.2%	22 +69.2%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −70%	34 +70%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −54.5%	34 +54.5%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −17.2%	30−35 +17.2%
Hitman 3	21−24 −71.4%	36 +71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −47.1%	25 +47.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −53.3%	23 +53.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −77.8%	32 +77.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −78.6%	25 +78.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −17.6%	20−22 +17.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +100%	6 −100%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −35.7%	38 +35.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −13%	24−27 +13%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	13 +0%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −45%	29 +45%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −40.9%	31 +40.9%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −17.2%	30−35 +17.2%
Hitman 3	21−24 −14.3%	24 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +21.4%	14 −21.4%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +20%	10 −20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +200%	5 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −11.1%	20 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −94.1%	33 +94.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −28.6%	18 +28.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −17.6%	20−22 +17.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +9.1%	11 −9.1%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −7.1%	30 +7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +62.5%	8 −62.5%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −35%	27 +35%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −27.3%	28 +27.3%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −17.2%	30−35 +17.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −17.6%	20 +17.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +100%	7 −100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Hitman 3	12−14 −38.5%	18 +38.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +100%	7 −100%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −18.2%	13 +18.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −75%	7 +75%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −83.3%	22 +83.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −53.8%	20 +53.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −21.4%	16−18 +21.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −66.7%	5 +66.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

This is how R9 M470X and GeForce MX450 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX450 is 20.8% faster than R9 M470X in 1080p
GeForce MX450 is 33.3% faster than R9 M470X in 1440p
GeForce MX450 is 19% faster than R9 M470X in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M470X is 200% faster than the GeForce MX450.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the GeForce MX450 is 146% faster than the R9 M470X.

All in all, in popular games: