GeForce GTX 950 LP and GeForce MX550 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 950 LP
GeForce MX550
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
GM206
GN18-S5
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2016
December 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1188 MHz
1320 MHz
Core clock speed
1024 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
1,825 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
4,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
15-25 Watt
Texture fill rate
57.02
42.24
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
6612 MHz
12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
105.8 GB/s
96 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12.0
12 (12_1)
CUDA
5.2
7.5
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.0
6.6
Vulkan
-
1.2
Optimus
-
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