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