GeForce MX450 vs Radeon HD 6990M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce MX450 and Radeon HD 6990M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce MX450 stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce MX450 and Radeon HD 6990M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce MX450 and Radeon HD 6990M 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 HD 6990M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce MX450 Radeon HD 6990M
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5,GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6990M has 100% more power consumption, than GeForce MX450.
  • GeForce MX450 is connected by PCIe 4.0 x4, and Radeon HD 6990M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce MX450 and Radeon HD 6990M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce MX450 is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 680 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • GeForce MX450 is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 9102 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 14−16
ultra / 1080p 10−11 8−9
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 35−40 30−33
medium / 1080p 21−24 16−18
The average gaming FPS of GeForce MX450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Full Specs

  GeForce MX450 Radeon HD 6990M
Architecture Turing Terascale 2
Code name N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 Blackcomb XTX
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 1 August 2020 12 July 2011
Pipelines 896 1120
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 715 MHz
Boost Clock 1575 MHz
Transistor count 4,700 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 40.04
Floating-point performance 1,601.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 10002 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64.03 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.5 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2 N/A
CUDA 7.5
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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