NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 725.8x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 58.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 96% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34265 vs 17466
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 102.448 vs 67.209
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1017.021 vs 799.414
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.996 vs 4.536
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 30.523
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 223.683
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2022 vs 25 October 2016
Texture fill rate 42.24 GTexel/s vs 58.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 34265 vs 17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 102.448 vs 67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1017.021 vs 799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.996 vs 4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 87.46 vs 30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 587.99 vs 223.683

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1065 MHz
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 4.7x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 457 vs 396
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5029 vs 4527
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 1065 MHz
Boost clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 457 vs 396
PassMark - G3D Mark 5029 vs 4527

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
396
457
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4527
5029
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
34265
17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
102.448
67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1017.021
799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.996
4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
87.46
30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
587.99
223.683
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark 396 457
PassMark - G3D Mark 4527 5029
Geekbench - OpenCL 34265 17466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 102.448 67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1017.021 799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.996 4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 87.46 30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 587.99 223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 122

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX550 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture Turing Pascal
Code name TU117 GP107
Launch date 2022 25 October 2016
Place in performance rating 452 586
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Price now $124.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 56.95

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1320 MHz 1392 MHz
Core clock speed 1065 MHz 1290 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 640
Pixel fill rate 21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 42.24 GTexel/s 58.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 4700 million 3,300 million
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,862 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Width 2-slot

API support

DirectX 12 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
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 112 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 7008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
VR Ready