NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 719 MHz
7009.7x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 14.38 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
5.6x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 1800 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3732 vs 743
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 1436
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1711
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 1436
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1711

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 1 July 2014
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 719 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3732 vs 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 1711

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 304

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3732

743

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

714

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

1436

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

1711

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

1436

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

1711

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
PassMark - G3D Mark	3732	743
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	714
Geekbench - OpenCL	29180
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	1711
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	1711
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2029

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Kepler 2.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GK208
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	515	518
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	719 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	384
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	14.38 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million
Floating-point performance		552.2 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
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	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	DDR3
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus