[FPS Benchmarks] Gears 5 on NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W) – MX450 is 59% faster

Gears 5 is the successor of Gears Of War 4 and it uses the same engine as the previous game. Expectedly, the visual quality of the title is definitely good, the game is well-optimized, and in most cases, a low-end dGPU is enough for Low settings.

For this article, we’ll show you two not-so-powerful video cards – the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W). Both rivals have equal power limits and VRAM capacity so it looks like a fair battle.

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Gears 5 list.

Contents


GeForce MX450 and MX350 variants

 GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W)GeForce MX350 (25W)
ArchitectureTuringPascal
GPU chipTU117GP107
Shader units896 (+40%)640
ROPs1616
Base Clock (MHz)1395 (+3%)1354
Boost clock (MHz)1575 (+7%)1468
Memory clock (MHz)12501752 (+40%)
Memory size (MB)20482048
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory bus width (bit)6464
TGP (Total Graphics Power)2525
DirectX version12.112.1
Technology12nm14nm
RTX capabilitiesNoNo
Release date08.202002.2021
Detailed specsLinkLink

Synthetic benchmarks


Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

Gears 5Full HD, Low (Check settings)Full HD, Medium (Check settings)Full HD, High (Check settings)Full HD, Ultra (Check settings)
GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W)78 fps (+59%)51 fps (+59%)43 fps (+59%)26 fps
GeForce MX350 (25W)49 fps32 fps27 fps





Verdict

Expectedly, the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) is the winner in this comparison. No matter the visual quality, this GPU is 59% faster compared to the MX350 (25W) and that’s a big performance gap. On the other hand, the MX350 (25W) can show 49 FPS on Low quality which is okay for the single-player campaign. If you don’t mind playing with around 32 FPS, you can even use Medium quality.

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

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce MX350 (25W)

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