NVIDIA GeForce MX450
VS
Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
VS
Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce MX450  vs  Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition.

319
Place in performance rating
not rated
Turing
Architecture
TeraScale
1 August 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
12 June 2008 (13 years ago)
no data
Price now
$5.99
N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1
GPU code name
RV670
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce MX450  vs  Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1395 MHz
Core clock speed
777 MHz
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
100.8
Texture fill rate
12.43
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Floating-point performance
497.3 gflops
896
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1575 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,700 million
Number of transistors
666 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
106 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition.

GDDR5,GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR4
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
10002 MHz
Memory clock speed
2252 MHz
64.03 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72.06 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce MX450 vs Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

7.5
CUDA
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+
Optimus
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
4.6
OpenGL
3.3
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
6.5
Shader Model
4.1
1.2
OpenCL
N/A

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce MX450 and Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 or Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce MX450
Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
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Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce MX450

15.05% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 55 nm)

Advantages of Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (72.06 GB/s vs 64.03 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce MX450 or Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce MX450 .

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 versus Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.6 Out of 289 Hitesti Score
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