NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce MX450

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1242 MHz
2731.7x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 36.9 billion / sec
4.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 65 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 182 Watt
2.3x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 896 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 999 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 vs 1208
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 53
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 19512
Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 477.327

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 36.9 billion / sec
Pipelines	896 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750 vs 1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 53
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116 vs 477.327
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

19512

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

477.327

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	477.327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Tesla 2.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GT200
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	524	1396
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1242 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	896	192
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Floating-point performance		476.9 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
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	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
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	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI