NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 64% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 1400x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 72 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 8.3x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3733 vs 3226
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 29152 vs 22299
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 2581
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 2526
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 2581
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 2526
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Aug 2020 vs 9 January 2014
Core clock speed 1395 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed 1575 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel/s vs 72 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed 10002 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3733 vs 3226
Geekbench - OpenCL 29152 vs 22299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 2526

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 896
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 420 vs 304
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6666 vs 6326
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6666 vs 6326
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1280 vs 896
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 420 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6666 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6666 vs 6326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M290X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3733
3226
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
304
420
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
29152
22299
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6326
6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6326
6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
2526
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX450 AMD Radeon R9 M290X
PassMark - G3D Mark 3733 3226
PassMark - G2D Mark 304 420
Geekbench - OpenCL 29152 22299
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6326 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6326 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 2526
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 258.046

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 Neptune
Launch date 1 Aug 2020 9 January 2014
Place in performance rating 518 584
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1575 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 1280
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel/s 72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 4700 million 2,800 million
Compute units 20
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.1 11
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 64.03 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 10002 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5, GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

GPU Boost
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore