ROG Ally Extreme GPU vs GeForce GT 550M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking977not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.94no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF108Phoenix
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)13 June 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores96768
Core clock speed475 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2700 MHz
Number of transistors585 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate7.600129.6
Floating-point processing power0.1824 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs1648
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Lengthno data280 mm
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s51.2 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x USB Type-C

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2011 13 June 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

ROG Ally Extreme GPU has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 550M and ROG Ally Extreme GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 550M is a notebook card while ROG Ally Extreme GPU is a desktop one.


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