NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs Intel UHD Graphics

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and Intel UHD Graphics 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Intel UHD Graphics

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1200 MHz
1466.7x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 28.80
5.3x more pipelines: 1024 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 396 vs 293
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4527 vs 1493
4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 22.935
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1017.021 vs 337.37
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.996 vs 1.338
4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 19.62
19.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 29.757

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 21 Aug 2019
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 28.80
Pipelines	1024 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	396 vs 293
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527 vs 1493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448 vs 22.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021 vs 337.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996 vs 1.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46 vs 19.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 29.757

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

293

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4527

1493

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

22.935

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

337.37

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

1.338

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

19.62

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

29.757

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	Intel UHD Graphics
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	293
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527	1493
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	22.935
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	337.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	1.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	19.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	29.757

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	Intel UHD Graphics
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Generation 9.5
Code name	TU117	Comet Lake GT2
Launch date	2022	21 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating	452	1167
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 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	192
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	28.80
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4700 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)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6