
GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce MX450 30.5W 8Gbps
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU117
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2020
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1275 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,700 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
31 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
71.40
142.2
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3