NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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 950

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1188 MHz
2048.8x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 49.2 billion / sec
Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 90 Watt
1667x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 16728
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 758.865
20.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2114 vs 105

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 20 August 2015
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1188 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 49.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	896 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933 vs 16728
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116 vs 758.865
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710 vs 3697
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114 vs 105

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5340 vs 3750
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 641 vs 307
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6803 vs 6326
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6803 vs 6326

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5340 vs 3750
PassMark - G2D Mark	641 vs 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6803 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6803 vs 6326
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3750

5340

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

641

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28933

16728

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

758.865

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

6803

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

6803

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

3697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3356

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2114

105

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
PassMark - G3D Mark	3750	5340
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	641
Geekbench - OpenCL	28933	16728
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	758.865
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2114	105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		231.508

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GM206
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	20 August 2015
Place in performance rating	524	547
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Price now		$194.44
Value for money (0-100)		30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1024 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	768
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	49.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	2,940 million
CUDA cores		768
Floating-point performance		1,825 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pins
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		350 Watt
SLI options		2x
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	6.6 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
SLI
Surround