Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce MX450

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce MX450. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce MX450
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
142
94
84
58
18
10
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
14
12
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
37
19
13
n/a
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
24
21
12
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
17
11
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
30
20
13
10
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
21
17
10
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High13620
1080p Ultra11413
1440p Ultra859
4K Ultra48-
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce MX450
1033
Time Spy137012124
Solar Bay63214n/a
Port Royal8595n/a
Fire Strike376125281
Night Raid11162626963
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce MX450
34221
Background Blur209.1 frames/s65.7 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s33.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec1.39 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec1.61 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec176 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps5012.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce MX450
3752
G2D Mark1152307
DirectX 11199 fps26 fps
DirectX 1277 fps24 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s1878 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce MX450
25.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a145.1 fps
Car Chasen/a144.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a124.1 fps
T-Rexn/a582.5 fps
ALU 2n/a799.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a214.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a936.1
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce MX450
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce MX450
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce MX450
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce MX450
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 August, 25, 2020
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB206-250 TU117

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 720-1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 930-1575 MHz
Shader Units 3840 896
TMUs 120 56
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 14
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 120 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 512 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 30-50 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 52-88 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x4
TGP 145 W 10-30 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 4.7 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 23.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1250 MHz
Bus 128 bit 64 bit
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce MX450
80 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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