NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 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

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 954 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 993 MHz
1772.6x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 396 vs 172
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4527 vs 1516
5.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34265 vs 6325
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 28.91
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1017.021 vs 312.94
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.996 vs 1.83
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 27.833
5.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 103.937

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 28 June 2016
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	396 vs 172
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527 vs 1516
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265 vs 6325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448 vs 28.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021 vs 312.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996 vs 1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46 vs 27.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 103.937

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 25 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

172

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4527

1516

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34265

6325

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

28.91

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

312.94

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

1.83

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

27.833

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

103.937

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	172
PassMark - G3D Mark	4527	1516
Geekbench - OpenCL	34265	6325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	28.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	312.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	27.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	103.937
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		585

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Maxwell
Code name	TU117	GM108
Launch date	2022	28 June 2016
Place in performance rating	452	1071
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	993 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	954 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 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	384
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	23.83 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	1,870 million
Floating-point performance		762.6 gflops
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 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus