NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs AMD Radeon R9 370X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and AMD Radeon R9 370X 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, 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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 R9 370X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1030 MHz
1223.3x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 82.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 5600 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 27 August 2015
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 82.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 5600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Around 43% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 896
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 6326
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 6326

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 896
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393 vs 6326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 370X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

8393

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

8393

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3348

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon R9 370X
PassMark - G3D Mark	3732
PassMark - G2D Mark	304
Geekbench - OpenCL	29180
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		337.583

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon R9 370X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	Trinidad
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	27 August 2015
Place in performance rating	515	516
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1280
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	82.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,637 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		221 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	179.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	5600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus