NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs AMD Radeon RX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and AMD Radeon RX 560 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 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
  • Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 81.60 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60-80 Watt
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 7000 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3732 vs 3646
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3688
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3688
  • Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2029 vs 1809
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Aug 2020 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed 1395 MHz vs 1090-1175 MHz
Boost clock speed 1575 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel/s vs 81.60 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 60-80 Watt
Memory clock speed 10002 MHz vs 7000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3732 vs 3646
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2029 vs 1809

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 896
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 494 vs 304
  • Around 98% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57671 vs 29180
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6571 vs 6326
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6571 vs 6326
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1024 vs 896
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 494 vs 304
Geekbench - OpenCL 57671 vs 29180
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6571 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6571 vs 6326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3732
3646
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
304
494
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
29180
57671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6326
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6326
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2029
1809
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX450 AMD Radeon RX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark 3732 3646
PassMark - G2D Mark 304 494
Geekbench - OpenCL 29180 57671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6326 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3710 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6326 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3710 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2029 1809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 257.062

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 AMD Radeon RX 560

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 4.0
Code name N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 Polaris 21
Launch date 1 Aug 2020 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 515 522
Type Laptop Desktop, Laptop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Price now $104.99
Value for money (0-100) 54.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1575 MHz 1200-1275 MHz
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 1090-1175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 896 1024
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel/s 81.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 60-80 Watt
Transistor count 4700 million 3,000 million
Compute units 14/16
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 20.40 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024
Texture Units 64

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) 450 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 4 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

Technologies

GPU Boost
Optimus
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)