NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 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 460

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 675 MHz
2666.7x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 37.8 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 336
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 40 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 160 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 768 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 vs 2272
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 7860
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 617.847
Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 3351
Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 3351

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 12 July 2010
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 37.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 336
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750 vs 2272
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 7860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116 vs 617.847
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 307

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

2272

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

388

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

7860

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

617.847

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3356

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	2272
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	388
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	7860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	617.847
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		40.61

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Fermi
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GF104
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	12 July 2010
Place in performance rating	524	917
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	896	336
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	1,950 million
Floating-point performance		907.2 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
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 & 6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.1
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI