NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile 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.

NVIDIA GeForce MX450

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.7x more core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1100 MHz
2863.6x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 896 vs 512
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
12.5x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 vs 1527
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 8941
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3157
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 24 November 2017
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750 vs 1527
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3157

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 307

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

1527

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

399

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

8941

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3157

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3157

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3359

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	1527
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	399
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	8941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 5.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	Vega
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	24 November 2017
Place in performance rating	524	665
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	896	512
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	4,500 million
Floating-point performance		1,126 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.1
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	DDR4
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus