Component comparison
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce MX450
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce MX450 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+5)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+240 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+90 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-9 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+12,200M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+51 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+1664)
- + TMUs (+16)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+9.94 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+31.90 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+117.60 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+10353)
B
GeForce MX450
- + Energy efficiency (+3.3)
- + Normalized score (+3.4)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 5050
|
Component B
GeForce MX450
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+5) | 2020 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+6 GB) | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5, GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1250 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 320 GB/s (+240 GB/s) | 80 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit (+64 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+90 W) | 25 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-9 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 16,900M (+12,200M) | 4,700M |
| Die size (mm²) | 149 mm² (+51 mm²) | 200 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 1395 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1575 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 2,560 (+1664) | 896 |
| TMUs | 80 (+16) | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| RT cores | 20 | — |
| Tensor cores | 80 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS (+9.94 TFLOPS) | 3.23 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s (+31.90 GPixel/s) | 50.40 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s (+117.60 GTexel/s) | 88.20 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 24.3 | 27.6 (+3.3) |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,067 (+10353) | 3,714 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | 1,900 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | — | 4,725 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 28,541 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 27,321 |
| Normalized score | 41.3 | 44.7 (+3.4) |
Only in component A
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In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce MX450 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 5050 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).