GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 vs Tegra 3

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureVLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTegra 3N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 November 2011 (12 years ago)1 August 2020 (4 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 coresno data1024
Core clock speed416 MHzno data
Boost clock speed520 MHzno data
Number of transistors10 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.160no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no 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).

InterfaceIGPno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared5000 MHz
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/ADirectX 12_1
OpenGLES 2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 November 2011 1 August 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 10 nm

MX450 N18S-G5 has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tegra 3 and GeForce MX450 N18S-G5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tegra 3 is a desktop card while GeForce MX450 N18S-G5 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Tegra 3
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