NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 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

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 954 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 993 MHz
4230x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 5012 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 vs 1516
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 172
4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 6325
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 312.94
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 2486
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3587
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 2486
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3587
3.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2114 vs 585

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 28 June 2016
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750 vs 1516
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 172
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 6325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116 vs 312.94
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3587
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3587
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114 vs 585

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

1516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

172

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

6325

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

312.94

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3587

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3587

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2114

585

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	1516
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	172
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	6325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	312.94
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		28.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		103.937

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Maxwell
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GM108
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	28 June 2016
Place in performance rating	524	1071
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	993 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	954 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	384
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	23.83 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	1,870 million
Floating-point performance		762.6 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience