GeForce MX330 vs GTX 550 Ti

Place in performance ranking	654	544
Place by popularity	71	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.29	3.33
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GF116	N17S-LP / N17S-G3
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	20 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$197 (1.3x MSRP)	$1079

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce MX330 has 1048% better value for money than GTX 550 Ti.

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 cores	192	384
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1531 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1594 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 25 Watt TGP)
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion/sec	38.26
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 550 Ti and GeForce MX330 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.

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	48.06 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

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 550 Ti 4.02

GeForce MX330 6.33
+57.5%

MX330 outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 57% 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 550 Ti 1552

GeForce MX330 2443
+57.4%

MX330 outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 57% 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 550 Ti 2272

GeForce MX330 4834
+113%

MX330 outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 113% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 550 Ti 5830

GeForce MX330 10851
+86.1%

MX330 outperforms GTX 550 Ti by 86% 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:

900p	38 −44.7%	55−60 +44.7%
Full HD	32 +45.5%	22 −45.5%
4K	14−16 −71.4%	24 +71.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−42.9%

10−11
+42.9%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −138%	19 +138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −350%	9 +350%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −22.2%	11 +22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −163%	21 +163%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −145%	27 +145%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −72.2%	31 +72.2%
Hitman 3	8−9 −100%	16 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −77.3%	39 +77.3%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −440%	27 +440%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −160%	26 +160%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +35.7%	14 −35.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −75%	14 +75%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −300%	8 +300%
Battlefield 5	9−10 −100%	18−20 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −11.1%	10 +11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −125%	18 +125%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −72.7%	19 +72.7%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
Hitman 3	8−9 −50%	12 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −382%	106 +382%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −240%	17 +240%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −110%	21 +110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −111%	19 +111%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −295%	75 +295%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −50%	12 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +12.5%	16 −12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +37.5%	16 −37.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 −40%	21−24 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −33.3%	12 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −36.8%	24−27 +36.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11
+11.1%

−11.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−37.5%

10−12
+37.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Hitman 3	0−1	2−3
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−40%

7−8
+40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2
Metro Exodus	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

1−2

−200%

3−4
+200%

This is how GTX 550 Ti and GeForce MX330 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX330 is 45% faster in 900p
GTX 550 Ti is 45% faster in 1080p
GeForce MX330 is 71% faster in 4K

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

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 550 Ti is 125% faster.
in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX330 is 440% faster.

All in all, in popular games: