NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• 3.6x more core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 300 MHz
• Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1100 MHz
• 2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 396 vs 383
• Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4527 vs 2666
• 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34265 vs 11991
• Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 79.859
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.996 vs 4.569
• Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 61.688
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 192.566

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

• Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 52.80 GTexel/s vs 42.24 GTexel/s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 12 nm
• Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1137.615 vs 1017.021

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4

PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	396 383
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4527 2666
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	34265 11991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	102.448 79.859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1017.021 1137.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.996 4.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	87.46 61.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	587.99 192.566

Compare specifications (specs)