Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Comparative analysis of Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX and NVIDIA GeForce MX450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1575 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 12 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6889 vs 6326
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6889 vs 6326
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 Oct 2020 vs 1 Aug 2020
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 1575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889 vs 6326
PassMark - G2D Mark	311 vs 304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

4.7x more core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
4.7x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 29036 vs 13654
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3462
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3462
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3214
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3214
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3736 vs 1972

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 79.20 GTexel/s
Pipelines	896 vs 768
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	29036 vs 13654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3214
PassMark - G3D Mark	3736 vs 1972

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

13654

29036

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

6326

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6889

6326

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3462

3710

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3214

3354

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

304

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1972

3736

Name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Geekbench - OpenCL	13654	29036
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6889	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6889	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3462	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3462	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3214	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3214	3354
PassMark - G2D Mark	311	304
PassMark - G3D Mark	1972	3736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		849.116
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2065

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX	NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.1	Turing
Code name	DG1	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
Launch date	31 Oct 2020	1 Aug 2020
Place in performance rating	527	546
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1575 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	633.6 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.069 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.534 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	896
Pixel fill rate	39.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	79.20 GTexel/s	100.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count		4700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x4
Width	IGP
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL	2.1	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	68.26 GB/s	64.03 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz (4.3 Gbps effective)	10002 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR4X	GDDR5, GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus