RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs GeForce MX150

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce MX150 with RTX 4500 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

GeForce MX150
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 10 Watt
5.88

RTX 4500 Ada Generation outperforms MX150 by a whopping 1214% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking58810
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency40.6525.44
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP108AD103
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date17 May 2017 (7 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3847680
Core clock speed937 MHz2070 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz2580 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt210 Watt
Texture fill rate24.91619.2
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPS39.63 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs24240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data245 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s432.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce MX150 5.88
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 77.29
+1214%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce MX150 2270
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 29817
+1214%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GeForce MX150 9602
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 200013
+1983%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GeForce MX150 8259
RTX 4500 Ada Generation 174720
+2016%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD26
−1054%
300−350
+1054%
1440p26
−1054%
300−350
+1054%
4K18
−1178%
230−240
+1178%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1200%
130−140
+1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 19
−1163%
240−250
+1163%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Battlefield 5 26
−1054%
300−310
+1054%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21
−1186%
270−280
+1186%
Cyberpunk 2077 11
−1173%
140−150
+1173%
Far Cry 5 20
−1200%
260−270
+1200%
Far Cry New Dawn 24
−1150%
300−310
+1150%
Forza Horizon 4 80
−1213%
1050−1100
+1213%
Hitman 3 12−14
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100
−1200%
1300−1350
+1200%
Metro Exodus 23
−1204%
300−310
+1204%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
−1196%
350−400
+1196%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 36
−1150%
450−500
+1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−1200%
650−700
+1200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21
−1186%
270−280
+1186%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Battlefield 5 18
−1178%
230−240
+1178%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
Cyberpunk 2077 7
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Far Cry 5 18
−1178%
230−240
+1178%
Far Cry New Dawn 9
−1122%
110−120
+1122%
Forza Horizon 4 71
−1168%
900−950
+1168%
Hitman 3 12−14
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100
−1200%
1300−1350
+1200%
Metro Exodus 17
−1194%
220−230
+1194%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−1213%
210−220
+1213%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−1186%
270−280
+1186%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 52
−1150%
650−700
+1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−1200%
650−700
+1200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1200%
130−140
+1200%
Far Cry 5 12
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
Forza Horizon 4 14
−1186%
180−190
+1186%
Hitman 3 12−14
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16
−1213%
210−220
+1213%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
−1213%
210−220
+1213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
−1173%
140−150
+1173%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−1200%
650−700
+1200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−1213%
210−220
+1213%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−1173%
140−150
+1173%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−1122%
110−120
+1122%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−1194%
220−230
+1194%
Hitman 3 10−11
−1200%
130−140
+1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1208%
170−180
+1208%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−1084%
450−500
+1084%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−1200%
130−140
+1200%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Hitman 3 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16
−1213%
210−220
+1213%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%

This is how GeForce MX150 and RTX 4500 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 1054% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 1054% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4500 Ada Generation is 1178% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.88 77.29
Recency 17 May 2017 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 210 Watt

GeForce MX150 has 2000% lower power consumption.

RTX 4500 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 1214.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4500 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX150 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce MX150 is a notebook card while RTX 4500 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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