NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU vs MX450
Short answer: which is best?
NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU is 33.8 % stronger than MX450. NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU ranks #39 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (772 GPU score over 1 verified runs). MX450 ranks #40 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (577 GPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 2 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU | MX450 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 772 | 577 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 1,559 | 1,103 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 7.9 FPS | 3.5 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 3.1 FPS | 4.1 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 2.4 FPS | 6.6 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 16.6 FPS | 22.8 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 41 GB/s | 18 GB/s |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 2 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Not supported |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for NVIDIA RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPU · All measurements for MX450