GeForce MX550 vs RTX A4000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	105	406
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.85	10.75
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GA104	TU117S
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)	17 December 2021 (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 cores	5120	1024
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	1680 MHz	1320 MHz
Number of transistors	17,400 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	268.8	42.24
Floating-point processing power	17.2 TFLOPS	2.703 TFLOPS
ROPs	80	16
TMUs	160	32
Tensor Cores	160	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	40	no data

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384.0 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

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 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.7	6.7 (6.4)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

RTX A4000 Mobile 39.69
+236%

GeForce MX550 11.81

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

RTX A4000 Mobile 15309
+236%

GeForce MX550 4555

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	140−150 +218%	44 −218%
4K	90−95 +221%	28 −221%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−800%

18−20
+800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Hitman 3	4−5 −450%	21−24 +450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −688%	60−65 +688%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −850%	35−40 +850%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −146%	65−70 +146%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Hitman 3	4−5 −450%	21−24 +450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −688%	60−65 +688%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1200%	52 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −233%	30−33 +233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −146%	65−70 +146%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Hitman 3	4−5 −450%	21−24 +450%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −688%	60−65 +688%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −950%	42 +950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −200%	27 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −146%	65−70 +146%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	6−7
Hitman 3	6−7 −150%	14−16 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−850%

18−20
+850%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	5−6

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−450%

10−12
+450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Hitman 3	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

This is how RTX A4000 Mobile and GeForce MX550 compete in popular games:

RTX A4000 Mobile is 218% faster in 1080p
RTX A4000 Mobile is 221% faster in 4K

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GeForce MX550 is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce MX550 is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.69	11.81
Recency	12 April 2021	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	25 Watt