NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1033 MHz
1285.7x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 78.4 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 140 Watt
1667x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 11364
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 705.293
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 3581
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3690
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 3581
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3690
Around 62% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2114 vs 1307

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 6 September 2012
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 78.4 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116 vs 705.293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3690
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114 vs 1307

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Around 7% higher pipelines: 960 vs 896
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 3750
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 307

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	960 vs 896
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4017 vs 3750
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3365 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3365 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

4017

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

487

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

11364

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

705.293

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

3581

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3365

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

3581

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3365

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2114

1307

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	4017
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	487
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	705.293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	1307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.69

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Kepler
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GK106
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	6 September 2012
Place in performance rating	524	740
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$349.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	960
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		960
Floating-point performance		1,981 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	One 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI
TXAA