NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GRID K260Q 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

NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 87% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 745 MHz
1057x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3733 vs 2949
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 1898
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1954
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 1898
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1954

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 745 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 95.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733 vs 2949
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 1954

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K260Q

Around 71% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 896
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 361 vs 304
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6474 vs 6326
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6474 vs 6326

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1536 vs 896
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	361 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474 vs 6326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K260Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3733

2949

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

6474

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

1898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

1954

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

6474

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

1898

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

1954

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GRID K260Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733	2949
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	361
Geekbench - OpenCL	29016
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	1898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	1954
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2065

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GRID K260Q
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Kepler
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GK104
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	547	548
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$937
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	745 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1536
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	95.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	3,540 million
Floating-point performance		2,289 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus