GeForce MX450 30.5W 10Gbps vs ATI Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R500 (2005−2007) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | R580+ | TU117 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 19 January 2007 (19 years ago) | 25 August 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $788 | no data |
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 | no data | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 670 MHz | 1395 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1575 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 31 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.72 | 88.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.822 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 56 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 896 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Length | 230 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR4 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 67.2 GB/s | 80 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VHDCI | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 January 2007 | 25 August 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 31 Watt |
MX450 30.5W 10Gbps has an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 303.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition and GeForce MX450 30.5W 10Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition is a desktop graphics card while GeForce MX450 30.5W 10Gbps is a notebook one.
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