GeForce MX550 vs GTX 775M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	739	413
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.33	32.30
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GK104	TU117S
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	8 November 2013 (11 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 cores	1344	1024
Core clock speed	797 MHz	1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1320 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	89.26	42.24
Floating-point processing power	2.142 TFLOPS	2.703 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	112	32

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).

Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	96 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 Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

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.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7 (6.4)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	3.0	7.5

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:

Full HD	12−14 −283%	46 +283%
4K	8−9 −250%	28 +250%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12 +0%	12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60 +0%	60 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +0%	9 +0%
Dota 2	74 +0%	74 +0%
Far Cry 5	70 +0%	70 +0%
Fortnite	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	52 +0%	52 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	55 +0%	55 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
World of Tanks	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4 +0%	4 +0%
Dota 2	104 +0%	104 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	42 +0%	42 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
World of Tanks	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Dota 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Fortnite	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Valorant	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

This is how GTX 775M Mac Edition and GeForce MX550 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX550 is 283% faster in 1080p
GeForce MX550 is 250% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.38	11.73
Recency	8 November 2013	17 December 2021
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	25 Watt

GeForce MX550 has a 247% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX550 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition in performance tests.

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