NVIDIA started GeForce MX550 sales 17 December 2021. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 2 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 12 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. Power consumption is at 15-25 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce MX550: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	376
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GN18-S5
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce MX550's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce MX550's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Boost clock speed	1320 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	4,700 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	15-25 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	42.24	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce MX550's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce MX550: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce MX550. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce MX550. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce MX550, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.6
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.2
CUDA	7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce MX550. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce MX550 11.91

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce MX550 4608

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GeForce MX550 36560

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GeForce MX550 10005

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce MX550 6126

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce MX550 40364

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce MX550 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	47
4K	28

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

18−20

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20
Battlefield 5	40−45
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20
Far Cry 5	45
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20
Battlefield 5	40−45
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20
Far Cry 5	38
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27
Metro Exodus	18−20
Red Dead Redemption 2	20−22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20
Battlefield 5	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20
Far Cry 5	35
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Hitman 3	18−20
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18
Metro Exodus	10−11
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9
Battlefield 5	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	18−20
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24
Forza Horizon 4	21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Hitman 3	10−12
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10
Metro Exodus	5−6
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	9−10
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5

Closest competitors

GeForce MX550's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook video cards.

Radeon R9 M395 108.98

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 107.39

GeForce GTX 860M SLI 103.19

GeForce MX550 100

GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 96.81

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 95.72

Radeon RX 560 Mobile 94.46

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce MX550 is Radeon RX 560 Mobile, which is slower by 6% and lower by 11 positions in our ranking.