Component comparison

GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce MX450

GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce MX450 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce GTX 1650
  • + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+48 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+25 W)
  • + CUDA cores (+128)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+2.88 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+5.04 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+3402)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+1588)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+4588)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+10612)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+8927)
  • + Normalized score (+8.6)
B GeForce MX450
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+0.92 TFLOPS)
  • + Energy efficiency (+1.1)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce GTX 1650
Component B
GeForce MX450
Release year 2020 2020
VRAM (GB) 4 GB (+2 GB) 2 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5, GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz (+250 MHz) 1250 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 128 GB/s (+48 GB/s) 80 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit (+64 bit) 64 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 50 W (+25 W) 25 W
Lithography (nm) 12 nm 12 nm
Transistors (M) 4,700M 4,700M
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² 200 mm²
Base clock (MHz) — 1395 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) — 1575 MHz
CUDA cores 1,024 (+128) 896
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
RT cores — —
Tensor cores — —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 2.30 TFLOPS 3.23 TFLOPS (+0.92 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 53.28 GPixel/s (+2.88 GPixel/s) 50.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 93.24 GTexel/s (+5.04 GTexel/s) 88.20 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 26.4 27.6 (+1.1)
PassMark (overall) 7,116 (+3402) 3,714
3DMark Time Spy 3,488 (+1588) 1,900
3DMark Fire Strike 9,313 (+4588) 4,725
Geekbench OpenCL 39,153 (+10612) 28,541
Geekbench Vulkan 36,248 (+8927) 27,321
Normalized score 53.3 (+8.6) 44.7

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce GTX 1650 GeForce MX450 Delta
Battlefield 5 60 FPS 49 FPS +22.4% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 131 FPS 88 FPS +48.9% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 52 FPS 32 FPS +62.5% (A)
Dota 2 96 FPS 88 FPS +9.1% (A)
Far Cry 5 60 FPS 34 FPS +76.5% (A)
Fortnite 90 FPS 61 FPS +47.5% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 82 FPS 35 FPS +134.3% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 73 FPS 34 FPS +114.7% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 33 FPS 10 FPS +230% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 46 FPS 16 FPS +187.5% (A)
The Witcher 3 62 FPS 33 FPS +87.9% (A)
Valorant 164 FPS 85 FPS +92.9% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce GTX 1650 wins 14 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).