NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 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.

NVIDIA GeForce MX450

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX450

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 11 month(s) later
4.7x more core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
42000x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel/s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
20x more memory clock speed: 10002 MHz vs 500 MHz
46.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3733 vs 81
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 303 vs 294

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2020 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	303 vs 294

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX450
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3733

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

303

294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark	3733	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	303	294
Geekbench - OpenCL	29232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	849.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2088

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX450	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Curie
Code name	N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 Aug 2020	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	550	549
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1575 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel/s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.03 GB/s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10002 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
GPU Boost
Optimus