NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs Intel HD Graphics 520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and Intel HD Graphics 520 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Intel HD Graphics 520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.6x more core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1050 MHz
42.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 396 vs 209
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4527 vs 864
8.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34265 vs 3993
4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 21.852
7.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1017.021 vs 143.083
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.996 vs 1.243
6.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 12.958
20.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 28.182

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	396 vs 209
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527 vs 864
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265 vs 3993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448 vs 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021 vs 143.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996 vs 1.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46 vs 12.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 28.182

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 520

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

209

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4527

864

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34265

3993

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

21.852

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

143.083

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

1.243

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

12.958

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

28.182

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	Intel HD Graphics 520
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	209
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527	864
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265	3993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	143.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	1.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	12.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	28.182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		326

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	Intel HD Graphics 520
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Generation 9.0
Code name	TU117	Skylake GT2
Launch date	2022	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	452	1381
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 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	24
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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