[FPS Benchmarks] Shadow Of The Tomb Raider on NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W) – MX450 is way faster
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider has good graphics quality and the gameplay isn’t that different compared to the predecessor which is Rise Of The Tomb Raider Raider. You can expect the usual stuff like climbing mountains, raiding tombs, solving riddles, and a lot of gunfights.
Now, Shadow Of The Tomb Raider isn’t a light game especially if you want to bump the graphics settings. For gamers on a budget, the presets up to Medium aren’t that heavy, so most not-so-expensive dGPUs can run this game at least on the Lowest quality. For this comparison, we have picked two good inexpensive graphics cards – the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) and MX350 (25W).
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Shadow of the Tomb Raider list.
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)
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Highest (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) | 71 fps (+61%) | 36 fps (+89%) | 28 fps | 16 fps |
| GeForce MX350 (25W) | 44 fps | 19 fps | – | – |
Verdict
It seems that the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6/25W) is the clear winner. For example, it offers 61% more FPS on the Lowest quality and 89% higher FPS on Medium compared to the GeForce MX350 (25W). The latter is fast enough for 44 FPS on Lowest which is fine for this kind of video card.
Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Shadow of the Tomb Raider list.
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR6, 25W / 28.5W)
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce MX350 (25W)
Author: Nikolay Palaozov
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