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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3750
6111
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
307
673
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
28933
18734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
849.116
792.44
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6326
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6326
7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3710
3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2114
162
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX450 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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)

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Essentials

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

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

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
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 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
SLI options 2x

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

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

Technologies

GPU Boost
Optimus
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay