NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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 7870 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 975 MHz
1076.9x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 6000 MHz
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 2810
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3264
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 2810
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3264
Around 18% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2065 vs 1745

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 19 November 2012
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 925 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 93.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 185 Watt
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3264
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2065 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Around 71% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 896
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 3737
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 304
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1230.47 vs 849.116

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1536 vs 896
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470 vs 3737
PassMark - G2D Mark	661 vs 304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1230.47 vs 849.116

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3737

4470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

661

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

1230.47

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

2810

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3264

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

2810

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3264

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2065

1745

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3737	4470
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	661
Geekbench - OpenCL	29036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	1230.47
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2065	1745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		345.793

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	Tahiti
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	19 November 2012
Place in performance rating	546	548
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$270
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	975 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1536
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	93.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2,995 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus