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    GeForce MX450 vs Radeon RX 550 mobile

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce MX450 and Radeon RX 550 mobile. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce MX450 and Radeon RX 550 mobile. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce MX450 and Radeon RX 550 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce MX450 and Radeon RX 550 mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce MX450 or Radeon RX 550 mobile here:

    GeForce MX450 Laptops
    Radeon RX 550 mobile Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce MX450 Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5,GDDR6 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 50 Watt.
    • GeForce MX450 is connected by PCIe 4.0 x4, and Radeon RX 550 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • Radeon RX 550 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce MX450.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce MX450 is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - with Polaris.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 108 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.
    • GeForce MX450 is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX450 is 4002 MHz higher, than Radeon RX 550 mobile.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 5−6
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 35−40 35−40
    medium / 1080p 21−24 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 5% more, than GeForce MX450.

    Full Specs

      GeForce MX450 Radeon RX 550 mobile
    Architecture Turing Polaris
    Code name N17S-G5 / GP107-670-A1 Polaris 12
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 August 2020 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 896 640
    Core clock speed 1395 MHz 1287 MHz
    Boost Clock 1575 MHz 1476 MHz
    Transistor count 4,700 million 2,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 100.8 51.48
    Floating-point performance 1,647 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 10002 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 64.03 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_0)
    Shader Model 6.5 6.4
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 2.0
    Vulkan 1.2 1.2.131
    CUDA 7.5
    FreeSync +
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
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