NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 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

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

4.7x more core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 52.80 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 vs 2666
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 11991
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 5609
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 5609

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 52.80 GTexel/s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750 vs 2666
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 11991
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3708

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 12 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 383 vs 307
Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.615 vs 849.116

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Sep 2020 vs 1 Aug 2020
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	383 vs 307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1137.615 vs 849.116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

2666

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

383

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

11991

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

1137.615

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

5609

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

5609

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3356

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	2666
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	383
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	11991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	1137.615
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	5609
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		61.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		192.566

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Generation 12.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	Tiger Lake GT1
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	2 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	524	594
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	384
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	52.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million
Compute units		48
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		211.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		1.690 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		844.8 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate		13.20 GPixel/s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width		IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
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
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus