GeForce GT 550M and GeForce MX230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 550M vs GeForce MX230
GeForce GT 550M
590
GeForce MX230
1894
GeForce GT 550M
GeForce MX230
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
N12P-GT
N17S-G0
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
February 2019
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
-
1531 MHz
Core clock speed
740 MHz
1519 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
284.16 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
1,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
256
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
10 Watt
Texture fill rate
11.8 billion/sec
25.31
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
4 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
48.06 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
Optimus
+
+