Component comparison

GeForce MX450 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

GeForce MX450 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce MX450
  • + Release year (+1)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+84 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+2.7)
B GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+208 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+55 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+1,900M)
  • + CUDA cores (+640)
  • + TMUs (+32)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+0.88 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+34.56 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+81.70 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+8904)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+3759)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+10093)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+32370)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+30809)
  • + Normalized score (+19.0)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce MX450
Component B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Release year 2020 (+1) 2019
VRAM (GB) 2 GB 6 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR5, GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1250 MHz 1500 MHz (+250 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 80 GB/s 288 GB/s (+208 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 64 bit 192 bit (+128 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 25 W 80 W (+55 W)
Lithography (nm) 12 nm 12 nm
Transistors (M) 4,700M 6,600M (+1,900M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+84 mm²) 284 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 1395 MHz —
Boost clock (MHz) 1575 MHz —
CUDA cores 896 1,536 (+640)
TMUs 64 96 (+32)
ROPs 32 48 (+16)
RT cores — —
Tensor cores — —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 3.23 TFLOPS 4.10 TFLOPS (+0.88 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 50.40 GPixel/s 84.96 GPixel/s (+34.56 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 88.20 GTexel/s 169.90 GTexel/s (+81.70 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 27.6 (+2.7) 24.9
PassMark (overall) 3,714 12,618 (+8904)
3DMark Time Spy 1,900 5,659 (+3759)
3DMark Fire Strike 4,725 14,818 (+10093)
Geekbench OpenCL 28,541 60,911 (+32370)
Geekbench Vulkan 27,321 58,130 (+30809)
Normalized score 44.7 63.7 (+19.0)

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce MX450 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Delta
Battlefield 5 49 FPS 111 FPS 126.5% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 88 FPS 147 FPS 67% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 32 FPS 86 FPS 168.8% (B)
Dota 2 88 FPS 121 FPS 37.5% (B)
Far Cry 5 34 FPS 93 FPS 173.5% (B)
Fortnite 61 FPS 120 FPS 96.7% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 35 FPS 134 FPS 282.9% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 34 FPS 107 FPS 214.7% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 10 FPS 54 FPS 440% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 16 FPS 75 FPS 368.8% (B)
The Witcher 3 33 FPS 103 FPS 212.1% (B)
Valorant 85 FPS 209 FPS 145.9% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti wins 18 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).