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    GeForce MX450 vs Radeon R9 M290X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce MX450 and Radeon R9 M290X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce MX450 and Radeon R9 M290X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce MX450 and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce MX450 and Radeon R9 M290X are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce MX450 or Radeon R9 M290X here:

    GeForce MX450 Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce MX450 Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5,GDDR6 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X has 100% more power consumption, than GeForce MX450.
    • GeForce MX450 is connected by PCIe 4.0 x4, and Radeon R9 M290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 M290X has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce MX450.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce MX450 is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 545 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • GeForce MX450 is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M290X - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 8802 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 35−40 30−35
    medium / 1080p 21−24 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce MX450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 5% more, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Full Specs

      GeForce MX450 Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Turing GCN
    Code name N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 August 2020 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 896 1280
    Core clock speed 1395 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1575 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 4,700 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 100.8 72.00
    Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 10002 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 64.03 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.5 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.2
    CUDA 7.5
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
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