NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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, 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 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 4 month(s) later
1312.5x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 76.8 billion / sec
3.5x more pipelines: 896 vs 2x 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 65 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 197 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 1000 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3734 vs 798
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3238
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3238

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 18 March 2008
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 76.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	896 vs 2x 128
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 197 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3734 vs 798
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	518 vs 304

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3734

798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

518

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3238

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3238

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3734	798
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	518
Geekbench - OpenCL	29173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3238
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2031

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Tesla
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	G92
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	18 March 2008
Place in performance rating	515	487
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	896	2x 128
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	754 million
CUDA cores		256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance		2x 384.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI