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.
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 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 311 vs 307
| 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 307 |
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)
- 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 14238
- 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 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 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 | 28933 vs 14238 |
| 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 | 3750 vs 1972 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
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| Name | Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX | NVIDIA GeForce MX450 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 14238 | 28933 |
| 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 | 307 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1972 | 3750 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 849.116 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2114 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel Iris Xe Graphics MAX | NVIDIA GeForce MX450 | |
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| 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 | 523 | 524 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Width | IGP | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.5 |
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| 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 |
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| Optimus | ||

