NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs AMD FirePro W7100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and AMD FirePro W7100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

AMD FirePro W7100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 920 MHz
410.1x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 103.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
16x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34265 vs 24892
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 65.781
Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 361.58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 12 August 2014
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 920 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 103.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 400 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265 vs 24892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448 vs 65.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 361.58

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7100

Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1024
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 663 vs 396
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5191 vs 4527
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1248.285 vs 1017.021
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.854 vs 4.996
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.086 vs 87.46

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1792 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	663 vs 396
PassMark - G3D Mark	5191 vs 4527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1248.285 vs 1017.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.854 vs 4.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.086 vs 87.46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

663

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4527

5191

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34265

24892

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

65.781

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

1248.285

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

5.854

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

94.086

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

361.58

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD FirePro W7100
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	663
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527	5191
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265	24892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	65.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	1248.285
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	5.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	94.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	361.58
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6362
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	AMD FirePro W7100
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 3.0
Code name	TU117	Tonga
Launch date	2022	12 August 2014
Place in performance rating	452	450
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	920 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	42.24 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	1792
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	103.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		3,297 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	160 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5