NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 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

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 500 MHz
5040x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 20 GTexel / s
Around 12% higher pipelines: 896 vs 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
5.9x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 1700 MHz
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3733 vs 866
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 2486
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 2486

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733 vs 866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 2486

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 472 vs 304

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	472 vs 304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3733

866

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

472

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

2486

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733	866
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	472
Geekbench - OpenCL	29016
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	2486
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2065

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	TeraScale
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	M98
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	9 January 2009
Place in performance rating	547	549
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	896	800
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		800.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.1
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay