NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 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 GT 730

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 700 MHz
6985.4x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 14.43 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 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 vs 830
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 253
10x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 2902
5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 166.832
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 1951
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 1693
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3324
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 1951
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 1693
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3324
6.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2114 vs 327

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 18 June 2014
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750 vs 830
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 253
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 2902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116 vs 166.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3324
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114 vs 327

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

830

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

253

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

2902

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

166.832

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

1951

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

1693

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3324

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

1951

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

1693

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3324

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2114

327

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	830
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	253
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	2902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	166.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3324
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		36.916

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Fermi
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GF108
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	18 June 2014
Place in performance rating	524	1311
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59.99
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		20.48
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	896	384
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	14.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	585 million
Floating-point performance		692.7 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		145 mm
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	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus