Playing on a non-gaming laptop: how different is the Nvidia MX450 from the MX550

Authors of the YouTube channel PC Support & Gaming Test found out how the Nvidia MX550 outperforms the MX450 in performance

modern games. Discuss

Experts from the YouTube channel PC Support & Gaming Test tested two laptop video cards in six games at 1080p: MX550 and MX450. The difference between them turned out to be very small.

INThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntwith the high preset, the average frame rate with the MX450 was 38.5 fps, with the MX550 – 43.5 fps.

Far cry 5ran on medium graphics settings. The average FPS here was 39.5 fps (MX450) and 40.5 fps (MX550).

Cyberpunk 2077went with a low preset and scaling of 67%. Average performance in this game was 37 fps and 40 fps (MX450 and MX550 respectively).

INAssassin's Creed OdysseyOn low settings, the average frame rate was 47.5 fps (with MX450) and 58.5 fps (with MX550).

GameShadow of the tomb raiderlaunched with a low preset. The average FPS in it was 43.5 fps and 50.5 fps (MX450 and MX550).

Finally, inControlmanaged to get with an average preset 28 fps (MX450) and 30 fps (MX550) on average.

Conclusion

In all six projects, the average frame rate isThe MX550 was almost 13% (39 fps vs. 44 fps) faster than the MX450. The minimum difference in performance was in the game Far Cry 5 (39.5 fps and 40.5 fps), the maximum – in Assassin's Creed Odyssey (47.5 fps and 58.5 fps).

Laptop SpecificationsLenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 82FG01BAIN:

  • CPUIntel Core i5 11th Gen 1135G7 4 Cores 8 Threads (Base Clock:- 2.4 GHz, Boost Clock:- 4.2 GHz);
  • RAM16GB DDR4 Dual Channel 3200 Mhz;
  • graphics cardNvidia GeForce MX450 2GB GDDR6;
  • storage device512GB SSD;
  • display15.6 Inch Full HD 1920×1080 IPS Anti Glare Panel (60 Hz Refresh Rate, 300 Nits Brightness, 45% NTSC, 62% sRGB);
  • operating systemWindows 11 64 Bit.

Laptop SpecificationsDell Inspiron 14 2-in-1:

  • CPUIntel Core i7 12th Gen 1255U (Total Cores:- 10, Total Threads:- 12);
  • RAM16GB DDR4 Dual Channel 3200 Mhz;
  • graphics cardNvidia GeForce MX550 2GB GDDR6;
  • storage device512GB M.2 NVMe SSD;
  • display14 Inch Full HD 1920×1080 60Hz;
  • operating systemWindows 11