GeForce 940MX DDR3 vs GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

GeForce 940MX DDR3
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 1 Jan 2016
GeForce 940MX DDR3
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 11 Jul 2012
GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    115%
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce 940MX DDR3

83 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 450 DDR3 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 15% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 450 DDR3

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce 940MX DDR3

HWBench recommends GeForce 940MX DDR3

The GeForce 940MX DDR3 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 940MX DDR3GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
GPU NameGM108 (N16S-GTR-S)vsGF116 (GF116-200-KA-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs40 nm
Die Size0 mm²vs238 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs1,170 million
Shaders384vs144
Compute Units3vs3
Core clock1122 MHzvs783 MHz
ROPs8vs16
TMUs24vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce 940MX DDR3GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1001 MHz
2002 MHz effective
vs700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 940MX DDR3GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
TDP23 wattsvs106 watts
Release Date1 Jan 2016vs11 Jul 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    8.98 GP/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    4.70 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    26.93 GT/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    18.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    16.02 GB/s
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    22.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    861.70 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    451.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    2450
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    2120

Points (higher is better)