GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh vs MX550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking409not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency32.26no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU117SGA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date17 December 2021 (3 years ago)6 July 2022 (2 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 cores10242048
Core clock speed1065 MHz622 MHz
Boost clock speed1320 MHz990 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate42.2463.36
Floating-point processing power2.703 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s144.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

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 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)6.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 December 2021 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 75 Watt

GeForce MX550 has 200% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX550 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.


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