NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs AMD Radeon HD 6870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and AMD Radeon HD 6870 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce MX450

AMD Radeon HD 6870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 900 MHz
2000x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 40 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 151 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
9.5x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 vs 2208
5.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 4950
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 4238
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 4238

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 21 October 2010
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 50.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750 vs 2208
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 4950
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 4238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

Around 25% higher pipelines: 1120 vs 896
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 416 vs 307
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 857.798 vs 849.116

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1120 vs 896
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	416 vs 307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	857.798 vs 849.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711 vs 3710

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

2208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

416

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

4950

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

857.798

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

4238

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

4238

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3711

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3349

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon HD 6870
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	2208
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	416
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	857.798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		184.41

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon HD 6870
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	TeraScale 2
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	Barts
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	21 October 2010
Place in performance rating	524	812
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$239
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		38.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	900 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	896	1120
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	151 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		2,016.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		220 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	11
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire