[FPS Benchmarks] Apex Legends on NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W) – MX450 is over two times faster

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [FPS Benchmarks] Apex Legends on NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W) - MX450 is over two times faster

From: Nikolay Palaozov 11 March 2022 / 09:17 1

Apex Legends is one of the well-known battle royale titles. The goal is simple – one huge map full of weapons and ammo, and of course, you have to survive. The picture quality of the game is good and the title is based on the Source engine. It’s not the newest engine out there but for sure the game looks good.

Compared to some other Source-based games like CS:GO, Team Fortress 2, or Left 4 Dead 2, Apex Legends is definitely heavier when it comes to system requirements. Especially if you want to see a lot of FPS while playing – that’s an online shooter so the higher the FPS the better.

For this article, we’ll show you two decent inexpensive dGPUs – 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)

Apex Legends	Full HD, Min. (Check settings)	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, MAX (Check settings)
GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W)	110 fps (+134%)	87 fps (+149%)	49 fps (+96%)
GeForce MX350 (25W)	47 fps	35 fps	25 fps

Verdict

At the end of the day, the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) is just destroying the GeForce MX350 (25W) when it comes to Apex Legends. The bigger GPU is 126% faster on average and that’s not just a big difference, the performance gap between these two video cards is like day and night. The GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) is fast enough even for Medium details because it can show 87FPS while the GeForce MX350 (25W) can’t reach the 60 FPS mark on Low settings.

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

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