GeForce MX550 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB - video card comparison

GeForce MX550

GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB

Architecture

Turing (2018−2021)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

GN18-S5

GA107

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

December 2021

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

None

Boost clock speed

1320 MHz

1207 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

12 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

4,700 million

8,700 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1024

2048

Power consumption (TDP)

15-25 Watt

35 Watt

Texture fill rate

42.24

77.25

Memory type

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

2 GB

4 GB

Memory bus width

64 Bit

128 Bit

Memory clock speed

12000 MHz

12 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

96 GB/s

192.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

7.5

8.6

OpenCL

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.6

6.7

Vulkan

1.2

1.3

Optimus