NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 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 GeForce 6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 400 MHz
63000x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
15x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 666 MHz
98.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3733 vs 38
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 304 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	304 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3733

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

300

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	300
Geekbench - OpenCL	29016
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2065

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Curie
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	547	546
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	DDR2
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus