Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and NVIDIA GeForce MX550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 1065 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47779 vs 34238

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 1065 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	47779 vs 34238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
64x more pipelines: 1024 vs 16

Launch date	2022 vs 17 Jan 2023
Pipelines	1024 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47779

34238

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA GeForce MX550
Geekbench - OpenCL	47779	34238
PassMark - G2D Mark		396
PassMark - G3D Mark		4495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		102.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1017.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		87.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		587.99

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA GeForce MX550
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	2022
Place in performance rating	453	456
Architecture		Turing
Code name		TU117
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1065 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS	2.703 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	1024
Render output units	64
Boost clock speed		1320 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		42.24 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		42.24 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Transistor count		4700 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	96.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		IGP
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12 (12_1)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan