NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1127 MHz
- Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1178 MHz
- 1400x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 120 Watt
- 1428.9x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28933 vs 18734
- Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 792.44
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3710 vs 3691
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3335
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3710 vs 3691
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3335
- 13x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2114 vs 162
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 1 Aug 2020 vs 22 January 2015 |
| Core clock speed | 1395 MHz vs 1127 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1575 MHz vs 1178 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 100.8 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 120 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 10002 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 28933 vs 18734 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 849.116 vs 792.44 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3710 vs 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 vs 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3710 vs 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 vs 3335 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2114 vs 162 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- Around 14% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 896
- Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 3750
- 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 307
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 6326
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 6326
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 1024 vs 896 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6111 vs 3750 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 vs 307 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 vs 6326 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 vs 6326 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce MX450 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3750 | 6111 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 307 | 673 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 28933 | 18734 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 849.116 | 792.44 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6326 | 7218 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3710 | 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 | 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6326 | 7218 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3710 | 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 | 3335 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2114 | 162 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.338 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | Turing | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 | GM206 |
| Launch date | 1 Aug 2020 | 22 January 2015 |
| Place in performance rating | 524 | 514 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
| Price now | $229.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 34.63 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1575 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1395 MHz | 1127 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 1024 |
| Texture fill rate | 100.8 GTexel/s | 72 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4700 million | 2,940 million |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| SLI options | 2x | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 64.03 GB/s | 112 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 10002 MHz | 7.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5, GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
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