GeForce MX550 vs UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) and GeForce MX550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
2021
4.73

MX550 outperforms UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) by a whopping 149% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking646409
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data32.31
ArchitectureGen. 12 (2021−2023)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeTU117S
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 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 cores321024
Core clock speed350 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed1450 MHz1320 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rateno data42.24
Floating-point processing powerno data2.703 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+
Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.7 (6.4)
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-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

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UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 4.73
GeForce MX550 11.77
+149%

  • Other tests
    • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
    • 3DMark Vantage Performance
    • 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
    • 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
    • 3DMark Time Spy Graphics

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.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 3168
GeForce MX550 10005
+216%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 13644
GeForce MX550 36560
+168%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 2495
GeForce MX550 6126
+146%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 15716
GeForce MX550 40364
+157%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 658
GeForce MX550 2470
+275%

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 HD18
−156%
46
+156%
1440p25
−140%
60−65
+140%
4K12
−133%
28
+133%

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−80%
18−20
+80%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−115%
27−30
+115%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−217%
35−40
+217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−125%
18−20
+125%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−154%
30−35
+154%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−169%
75−80
+169%
Hitman 3 10
−120%
21−24
+120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−103%
60−65
+103%
Metro Exodus 22
−77.3%
35−40
+77.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 15
−120%
30−35
+120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−124%
35−40
+124%
Watch Dogs: Legion 47
−46.8%
65−70
+46.8%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−115%
27−30
+115%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9
−100%
18−20
+100%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−217%
35−40
+217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−125%
18−20
+125%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−154%
30−35
+154%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−169%
75−80
+169%
Hitman 3 9
−144%
21−24
+144%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−103%
60−65
+103%
Metro Exodus 16
−144%
35−40
+144%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−175%
30−35
+175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
−206%
52
+206%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−76.5%
30−33
+76.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 43
−60.5%
65−70
+60.5%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−115%
27−30
+115%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−125%
18−20
+125%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
−169%
75−80
+169%
Hitman 3 10−11
−120%
21−24
+120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10
−530%
60−65
+530%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
−163%
42
+163%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−238%
27
+238%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−53.3%
65−70
+53.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−175%
30−35
+175%
Battlefield 5 9−10
−156%
21−24
+156%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−533%
55−60
+533%
Hitman 3 9−10
−66.7%
14−16
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−118%
24−27
+118%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−850%
18−20
+850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−147%
70−75
+147%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−111%
18−20
+111%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−267%
10−12
+267%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Hitman 3 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1000%
55−60
+1000%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 2−3
Far Cry 5 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−275%
14−16
+275%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−120%
10−12
+120%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%

This is how UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) and GeForce MX550 compete in popular games:

  • GeForce MX550 is 156% faster in 1080p
  • GeForce MX550 is 140% faster in 1440p
  • GeForce MX550 is 133% faster in 4K

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GeForce MX550 is 1000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GeForce MX550 is ahead in 68 tests (96%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.73 11.77
Recency 11 May 2021 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 10 nm 12 nm

UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) has a 20% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce MX550, on the other hand, has a 148.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 7 months.

The GeForce MX550 is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) in performance tests.


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Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
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