GeForce MX550
VS
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GeForce MX550
VS
NVIDIA GeForce MX330

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

261
Place in performance rating
415
Turing
Architecture
Pascal
Code name
GP108
Type
Laptop
17 December 2021 (less than a year ago)
Release date
20 February 2020 (1 year ago)
Price now
$1079
Value for money
2.58
GN18-S5
GPU code name
N17S-LP / N17S-G3
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

Pipelines
384
Core clock speed
1531 MHz
Boost Clock
1594 MHz
Transistor count
1,800 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)
10 Watt
42.24
Texture fill rate
38.26
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1320 MHz
Boost clock speed
1594 MHz
4,700 million
Number of transistors
1,800 million
25 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
10 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330.

PCIe 4.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
12000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 is the additional functionality.

Multi Monitor
+
GPU Boost
+
7.5
CUDA
6.1
+
Optimus
+
GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.6
Shader Model
6.4
3.0
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce MX550 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce MX550 or NVIDIA GeForce MX330 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 27 13 11 9
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 33.4 14.7 13.7 13.4
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 81 39 28 16
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 94.6 34.5 22.1 15.9
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 35.3
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of GeForce MX550

6.24% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (96 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce MX330

There is no accountable advantage

So, GeForce MX550 or NVIDIA GeForce MX330?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend GeForce MX550 .

GeForce MX550 versus NVIDIA GeForce MX330 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce MX550
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