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.

 

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: 3735 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 3735 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
3735
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 3735 866
PassMark - G2D Mark 304 472
Geekbench - OpenCL 29285
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 546 549
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