NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 7 month(s) later
1257.1x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 33.6 billion / sec
9.1x more pipelines: 1024 vs 112
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 65 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 105 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 900 MHz
8.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 396 vs 49
9.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4527 vs 463

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 29 October 2007
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 33.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	1024 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	396 vs 49
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527 vs 463

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1065 MHz

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1065 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4527

463

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	49
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527	463
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265
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 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Tesla
Code name	TU117	G92
Launch date	2022	29 October 2007
Place in performance rating	452	1399
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	65 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	112
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Floating-point performance		336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit