NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) 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 RX 460 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1200 MHz
1500x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 17592
54.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 115.4
Around 22% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2114 vs 1730

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 8 August 2016
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 70 Watt
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 17592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 115.4
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114 vs 1730

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4101 vs 3750
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 578 vs 307
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 970.421 vs 849.116
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 6326

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4101 vs 3750
PassMark - G2D Mark	578 vs 307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	970.421 vs 849.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821 vs 6326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

4101

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

578

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

17592

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

970.421

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

6821

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

115.4

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2114

1730

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	4101
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	578
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	17592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	970.421
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	115.4
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	1730
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		237.944

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 4.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	Baffin
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	8 August 2016
Place in performance rating	524	540
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$86
Price now		$179.50
Value for money (0-100)		33.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1090 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	896	896
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	67.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	3,000 million
Compute units		14
Floating-point performance		2.2 TFLOPs
GPU Power		35-48 Watt
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length		170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore