NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) 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.

NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 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
14x more pipelines: 896 vs 64
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 3751
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 3751

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 28 May 2019
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines	896 vs 64
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 3751
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 3751
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 12 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 3710

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

3751

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

3751

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
PassMark - G3D Mark	3734
PassMark - G2D Mark	304
Geekbench - OpenCL	29173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	3751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	3751
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2031

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Intel Gen. 11 (Ice Lake)
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	Ice Lake G7 Gen. 11
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	28 May 2019
Place in performance rating	515	672
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	10 nm
Pipelines	896	64
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		2.25 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		1.12 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	DDR4
Shared memory		Yes
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
Quick Sync