NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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 960A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1085 MHz
2322.6x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3733 vs 3355
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 29232 vs 12495
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 849.116 vs 757.295
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6326 vs 5157
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6326 vs 5157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733 vs 3355
Geekbench - OpenCL	29232 vs 12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116 vs 757.295
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326 vs 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326 vs 5157

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 326 vs 303
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 3710
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3354
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 3710
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3354

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	326 vs 303
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5834 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7859 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5834 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	7859 vs 3354

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3733

3355

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

303

326

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

29232

12495

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

849.116

757.295

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

5157

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

5834

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

7859

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6326

5157

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3710

5834

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

7859

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733	3355
PassMark - G2D Mark	303	326
Geekbench - OpenCL	29232	12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116	757.295
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326	5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710	5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	7859
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		179.567

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Maxwell
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	GM107
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	550	553
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1029 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	640
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	1,870 million
Floating-point performance		1,389 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus