GeForce MX550 vs 405M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated451
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data32.85
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT218TU117S
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2011 (14 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores161024
Core clock speed606 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1320 MHz
Number of transistors260 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate4.84842.24
Floating-point processing power0.03878 TFLOPS2.703 TFLOPS
Gigaflops73no data
ROPs416
TMUs832

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountUp to 512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsDisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+
Power management8.0no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2011 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce 405M has 78.6% lower power consumption.

GeForce MX550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 405M and GeForce MX550. We've got no test results to judge.

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