GeForce MX450 vs Radeon R9 M470

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce MX450 and Radeon R9 M470, 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 R9 M470, check out specs charts below.

GeForce MX450 and Radeon R9 M470 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce MX450 and Radeon R9 M470 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 M470 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce MX450 Radeon R9 M470
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5,GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce MX450 is connected by PCIe 4.0 x4, and Radeon R9 M470 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M470 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce MX450.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce MX450 is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon R9 M470 - with GCN 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 395 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M470.
  • GeForce MX450 is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M470 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 4002 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M470.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 12−14
ultra / 1080p 10−11 7−8
QHD / 1440p 4−5 2−3
low / 720p 35−40 24−27
medium / 1080p 21−24 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce MX450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Radeon R9 M470.

Full Specs

  GeForce MX450 Radeon R9 M470
Architecture Turing GCN 2
Code name N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 Saturn
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 1 August 2020 14 May 2016
Pipelines 896 768
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1575 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 4,700 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 100.8 48.00
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 10002 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64.03 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.5 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2.131
CUDA 7.5
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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