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

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.

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Need For Speed Heat 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)

Need For Speed HeatFull 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 fps25 fps21 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)

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

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