NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 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 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 778 MHz
2311.9x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 43.6 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
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 4008 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3750 vs 1866
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 7872
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 781.734
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 3537
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3398
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3117
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 3537
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3398
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3117

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 24 September 2011
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 778 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 43.6 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 1 GB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 4008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750 vs 1866
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 7872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116 vs 781.734
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 307

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 307

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

1866

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

422

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

7872

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

781.734

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

3537

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3398

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3117

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

3537

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3398

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3117

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	1866
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	7872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	781.734
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3117
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		47.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		75.212

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Fermi 2.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GF114
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	24 September 2011
Place in performance rating	524	824
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$199.99
Value for money (0-100)		15.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	778 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	896	336
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	43.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	1,950 million
Floating-point performance		1,045.6 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		210 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	96.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus