NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and AMD Radeon RX 580 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 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1340 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 8000 MHz
2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2114 vs 1005

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 185 Watt
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114 vs 1005

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 100.8 GTexel/s
2.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 896
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8827 vs 3750
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 307
Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39028 vs 28933
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1022.932 vs 849.116
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 6326
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 6326

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 100.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 896
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8827 vs 3750
PassMark - G2D Mark	767 vs 307
Geekbench - OpenCL	39028 vs 28933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1022.932 vs 849.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11281 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11281 vs 6326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

8827

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

767

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

39028

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

1022.932

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3349

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2114

1005

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	8827
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	767
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	39028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	1022.932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	1005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		607.721

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon RX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 4.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	Polaris 20
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	524	341
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	896	2304
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 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	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	8000 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)
VR Ready