NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q 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), 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 GTX 1650 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 1020 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Around 14% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 896
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 326
Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 87.46 vs 78.563
Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 587.99 vs 346.529

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 23 April 2019
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 1020 MHz
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 896
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46 vs 78.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99 vs 346.529

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 69.72 GTexel/s vs 42.24 GTexel/s
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (8000 MHz effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6175 vs 4547
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36420 vs 34411
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 129.465 vs 102.448
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1047.553 vs 1017.021
Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.88 vs 4.996

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	69.72 GTexel/s vs 42.24 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (8000 MHz effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6175 vs 4547
Geekbench - OpenCL	36420 vs 34411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	129.465 vs 102.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1047.553 vs 1017.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.88 vs 4.996

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

326

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4547

6175

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

34411

36420

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

102.448

129.465

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017.021

1047.553

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.996

7.88

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

87.46

78.563

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

587.99

346.529

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	326
PassMark - G3D Mark	4547	6175
Geekbench - OpenCL	34411	36420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.448	129.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1017.021	1047.553
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.996	7.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.46	78.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	587.99	346.529
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2954

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Turing
Code name	TU117	TU117
Launch date	2022	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	473	471
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	1245 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	1020 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	42.24 GFLOPS (1:64)	69.72 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS (1:1)	4.462 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.703 TFLOPS	2.231 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	896
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s	39.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	69.72 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	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 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	128.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (8000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5