[FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W) – MX450 is the clear winner

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [FPS Benchmarks] ARK: Survival Evolved on NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W) - MX450 is the clear winner

From: Nikolay Palaozov 20 June 2022 / 13:06 0

If you are a fan of the first-person shooter games but you want to experience something a bit more different, ARK: Survival Evolved can be a breath of fresh air for you. You’re sent to an island populated by prehistorical hostile creatures and other humans. Expectedly, you have to survive which includes battles with animals and other humans, crafting weapons, and building a base.

Graphically, the game looks stunning, especially on the Epic preset. That comes at a price – in this scenario the game is very resource-demanding. The good news is the lower presets aren’t that heavy so people with not-so-powerful machines can have fun with this game.

For this comparison, we have prepared two good inexpensive GPUs – the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W).

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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)

ARK: Survival Evolved	Full HD, Low (Check settings)	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, High (Check settings)	Full HD, Epic (Check settings)
GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W)	66 fps (+61%)	25 fps (+47%)	21 fps (+22%)	12 fps (+28%)
GeForce MX350 (25W)	41 fps	17 fps	–	–

Verdict

It seems that the Low preset is the way to go for both video cards. In this case, the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) is 61% faster compared to the MX350 (25W). The latter is fast enough to show 44 FPS on Low settings which is okay for a GPU of this caliber.

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

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