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.

 

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: 3737 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 3737 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
3737
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 3737 2949
PassMark - G2D Mark 304 361
Geekbench - OpenCL 29036
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 546 547
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