NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs Intel UHD Graphics 730

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and Intel UHD Graphics 730 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 UHD Graphics 730

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

3.6x more core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1300 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 15.60 GTexel/s
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
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4527 vs 1573
5.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34265 vs 5967

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 15.60 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1024 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527 vs 1573
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265 vs 5967

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 730

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 412 vs 396

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	412 vs 396

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 730

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

412

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4527

1573

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34265

5967

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	Intel UHD Graphics 730
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	412
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527	1573
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265	5967
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		603

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	Intel UHD Graphics 730
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Generation 12.1
Code name	TU117	Rocket Lake GT1
Launch date	2022	2021
Place in performance rating	452	633
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	1300 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)	124.8 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)	998.4 GFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS	499.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	192
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s	10.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	15.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million
Compute units		24
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	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 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
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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