NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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 GTX 1660 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 99% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2114 vs 1061

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 22 February 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114 vs 1061

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1575 MHz
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 10002 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12900 vs 3750
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 307
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61100 vs 28933
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2573.643 vs 849.116
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16952 vs 6326
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16952 vs 6326

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz vs 1575 MHz
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 10002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12900 vs 3750
PassMark - G2D Mark	807 vs 307
Geekbench - OpenCL	61100 vs 28933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2573.643 vs 849.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16952 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16952 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

12900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

807

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

61100

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

2573.643

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

16952

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

16952

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3355

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2114

1061

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	12900
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	807
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	61100
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	2573.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	1061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		926.614

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Turing
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	TU116
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	22 February 2019
Place in performance rating	524	221
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Price now		$279.99
Value for money (0-100)		67.32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1770 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	6,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus