GeForce MX450 and Switch GPU - video card comparison
GeForce MX450
Switch GPU
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name
N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
GM20B
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
August 2020
March 2017
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
IGP
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1575 MHz
768 MHz
Core clock speed
1395 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
20 nm
Number of transistors
4,700 million
2,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
256
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt (12 - 29 Watt TGP)
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
100.8
12.29
Memory type
GDDR5, GDDR6
DDR4
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
10000 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64.03 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
7.5
5.3
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.4
Vulkan
1.2
1.1.126
Optimus
+
-