GeForce2 MX vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	705	1537
Place by popularity	60	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.69	no data
Power efficiency	2.37	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GF116	NV11 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	28 June 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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 cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	175 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.80	0.7
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	24	2
TMUs	32	4

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 support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	-

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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	2.656 GB/s

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	1x VGA
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.2	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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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	no data
Full HD	37	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p

4.03

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 March 2011	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm

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