NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX550

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX550

Videocard is newer: launch date 18 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1065 MHz vs 350 MHz
10057.1x more texture fill rate: 42.24 GTexel/s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 90 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 396 vs 360
39.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4491 vs 114

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1065 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	396 vs 360
PassMark - G3D Mark	4491 vs 114

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX550
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

396

360

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4491

114

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
PassMark - G2D Mark	396	360
PassMark - G3D Mark	4491	114
Geekbench - OpenCL	34283
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX550	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Curie
Code name	TU117	G73
Launch date	2022	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	455	454
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$150.25
Type		Workstation
Value for money (0-100)		0.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz
Core clock speed	1065 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	90 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
Pixel fill rate	21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	42.24 GTexel/s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	4700 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7 (6.4)
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.00 GB/s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3