[FPS Benchmarks] Need For Speed Heat on NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W) – MX450 is 66% faster

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [FPS Benchmarks] Need For Speed Heat on NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W) - MX450 is 66% faster

From: Nikolay Palaozov 23 February 2022 / 07:30 0

Need For Speed Heat is a breath of fresh air for the series. The titles bring to the table good graphics, a great soundtrack, and intense gameplay full of racing and police pursuits. The game is based on the Frostbite 3 engine and it’s not the lightest game out there if you want to use the Ultra preset.

However, the good news is a lot of low-end dGPU are fast enough for at least 30 FPS on Low settings. For this article, we have prepared two inexpensive graphics solutions – the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W). Let’s see how fast these two are when it comes to Need For Speed Heat.

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GeForce MX450 and MX350 variants
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Verdict

GeForce MX450 and MX350 variants

	GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W)	GeForce MX350 (25W)
Architecture	Turing	Pascal
GPU chip	TU117	GP107
Shader units	896 (+40%)	640
ROPs	16	16
Base Clock (MHz)	1395 (+3%)	1354
Boost clock (MHz)	1575 (+7%)	1468
Memory clock (MHz)	1250	1752 (+40%)
Memory size (MB)	2048	2048
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory bus width (bit)	64	64
TGP (Total Graphics Power)	25	25
DirectX version	12.1	12.1
Technology	12nm	14nm
RTX capabilities	No	No
Release date	08.2020	02.2021
Detailed specs	Link	Link

Synthetic benchmarks

Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

Need For Speed Heat	Full HD, Low (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Ultra (Check settings)
GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W)	69 fps (+86%)	40 fps (+60%)	32 fps (+52%)
GeForce MX350 (25W)	37 fps	25 fps	21 fps

Verdict

Well, the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) just destroyed the GeForce MX350 (25W). On average, the bigger GPU is 66% faster which is a mind-blowing difference. It’s great to see that this GPU can even show 32 FPS on Ultra quality. The GeForce MX350 (25W) is fast enough to show 37 FPS on Low quality which is okay if you aren’t too pretentious.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6, 25W / 28.5W)

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