GeForce MX450 Is 33 Percent Faster Than MX350, Closes in on GTX 1050 Mobile Performance

Nvidia’s MX series of GPUs aren’t known for their incredible performance or gaming prowess. However, according to an article at Zhulanlan.zhihu, that could change – According to the site’s testing, Nvidia’s new MX450 GPU is a whopping 33% faster than the previous-gen MX350.

We don’t know much about the MX450’s actual silicon, but it’s presumed to use the Turing architecture, TU117 specifically, which is the same core used by the GTX 1650/Ti mobile SKU. The core features 896 shader cores and 16 ROPs (half of what the GTX 1650 offers). Surprisingly, it’s officially PCIe 4.0 compatible, possibly making it the only Turing GPU to enable Gen 4.0 support.

There are three variants of the MX450, a low profile, standard, and “top version.” Each version is designed for different form factors; the “top version” uses the same design as the GTX 1650 and is designed for normal-sized gaming laptops, while the “standard” version is more compact for use in regular notebooks and ultralight devices. Finally, the low profile model is specialized for the thinnest devices that can house a discrete GPU.

The “top version” and “low profile” variants are only GDDR6-compatible with speeds up to 10Gbps. The standard model can come with GDDR5 or GDDR6 configurations, while the GDDR5 models are rated for an 8Gbps transfer speed. Memory Bus width is 64-bits, but there’s no word yet on VRAM capacity.