GeForce GT 550M vs GTX 1050

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Aggregate performance score

GTX 1050
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
13.05
+782%

GTX 1050 outperforms GT 550M by a whopping 782% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking362938
Place by popularity15not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.860.27
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameN17P-G1N12P-GT
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 October 2016 (7 years ago)6 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data
Current price$211 (1.9x MSRP)$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1050 has 1330% better value for money than GT 550M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores64096
CUDA cores64096
Core clock speed1290 MHz740 MHz
Boost clock speed1392 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate58.2011.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance1,862 gflops284.16 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce GT 550M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length5.7" (14.5 cm)no data
Height4.38" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)300 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options-no data
SLI-no data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
HDCP2.2no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+no data
GPU Boost3.0no data
Optimusno data+
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 API
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

GTX 1050 13.05
+782%
GT 550M 1.48

GTX 1050 outperforms GT 550M by 782% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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%

GTX 1050 5045
+780%
GT 550M 573

GTX 1050 outperforms GT 550M by 780% in Passmark.

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%

GTX 1050 8571
+780%
GT 550M 974

GTX 1050 outperforms GT 550M by 780% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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%

GTX 1050 32463
+579%
GT 550M 4782

GTX 1050 outperforms GT 550M by 579% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 1050 16849
+617%
GT 550M 2350

GTX 1050 outperforms GT 550M by 617% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p130−140
+767%
15
−767%
Full HD47
+114%
22
−114%
1440p16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
4K25
+1150%
2−3
−1150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 38 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Battlefield 5 43
+975%
4−5
−975%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+633%
6−7
−633%
Hitman 3 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 62
+377%
12−14
−377%
Metro Exodus 46
+820%
5−6
−820%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 53
+430%
10−11
−430%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 26 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Battlefield 5 35
+1067%
3−4
−1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 31
+675%
4−5
−675%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Far Cry 5 56
+700%
7−8
−700%
Far Cry New Dawn 35
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
Forza Horizon 4 49
+717%
6−7
−717%
Hitman 3 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 41
+215%
12−14
−215%
Metro Exodus 38
+850%
4−5
−850%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 29
+190%
10−11
−190%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 38
+850%
4−5
−850%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 15 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Far Cry 5 23
+229%
7−8
−229%
Forza Horizon 4 34
+467%
6−7
−467%
Horizon Zero Dawn 26
+100%
12−14
−100%
Metro Exodus 35
+1067%
3−4
−1067%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20
+400%
4−5
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Hitman 3 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Metro Exodus 25
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 27−30
+383%
6−7
−383%
Far Cry New Dawn 12
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Hitman 3 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 15
+1400%
1−2
−1400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7 0−1
Battlefield 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Metro Exodus 11
+175%
4−5
−175%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%

This is how GTX 1050 and GT 550M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 is 767% faster in 900p
  • GTX 1050 is 114% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1050 is 1500% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1050 is 1150% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1050 is 3500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1050 surpassed GT 550M in all 40 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.05 1.48
Recency 25 October 2016 6 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 35 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1050 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 550M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 is a desktop card while GeForce GT 550M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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