GeForce GTX 490 and GeForce MX550 - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 490

GeForce MX550

Architecture

Fermi (2010−2014)

Turing (2018−2021)

GPU code name

GF100

GN18-S5

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

December 2021

Interface

PCIe 2.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

2x 8-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1320 MHz

Core clock speed

608 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

40 nm

12 nm

Number of transistors

3,100 million

4,700 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

480

1024

Power consumption (TDP)

365 Watt

15-25 Watt

Texture fill rate

36.48

42.24

Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

1536 MB

2 GB

Memory bus width

384 Bit

64 Bit

Memory clock speed

3.4 GB/s

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

164.0 GB/s

96 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

No outputs

DirectX

12 (11_0)

12 (12_1)

CUDA

2.0

7.5

OpenCL

1.1

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

5.1

6.6

Vulkan

N/A

1.2

Optimus