Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Nvidia GeForce MX450

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, vs Nvidia GeForce MX450. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile and Nvidia GeForce MX450
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
67
38
28
14
18
10
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
49
41
28
14
14
12
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
89
60
39
16
37
19
13
n/a
Far Cry 6
51
46
31
15
24
21
12
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
30
21
16
9
17
11
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
37
30
21
14
30
20
13
10
Ghost of Tsushima
28
20
14
n/a
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
17
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
55
49
32
18
21
17
10
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High4820
1080p Ultra3713
1440p Ultra259
4K Ultra13-
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
3956
Nvidia GeForce MX450
1033
Time Spy39082124
Solar Bay19003n/a
Port Royal413n/a
Fire Strike101965281
Night Raid4516726963
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
42967
Nvidia GeForce MX450
34221
Background Blur73.3 frames/s65.7 frames/s
Face Detection39.7 frames/s33.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.65 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.13 Gpix/sec1.39 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.06 Gpix/sec1.61 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.55 Gpix/sec0.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.1 Gpix/sec176 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5921.5 fps5012.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
7774
Nvidia GeForce MX450
3752
G2D Mark481307
DirectX 1148 fps26 fps
DirectX 1242 fps24 fps
GPU Compute3639 Ops/s1878 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
51 fps
Nvidia GeForce MX450
25.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)262.9 fps145.1 fps
Car Chase255.7 fps144.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)207.6 fps124.1 fps
T-Rex950.2 fps582.5 fps
ALU 21377.4 fps799.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2232.9 fps214.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1502.2936.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 17, 2021 August, 25, 2020
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Turing
Codename GA107 TU117

GPU

GPU Frequency 735-1185 MHz 720-1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1245-1477 MHz 930-1575 MHz
Shader Units 2048 896
TMUs 64 56
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 16 14
Ray Tracing Cores 32 No
Tensor Cores 64 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 512 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40-47 Gpix/sec 30-50 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 80-95 GTex/s 52-88 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x4
TGP 30-45 W 10-30 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 4.7 billion
Transistor density 40 MTr/mm² 23.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1250 MHz
Bus 64 bit 64 bit
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
112 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce MX450
80 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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