GeForce MX550 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh - video card comparison
GeForce MX550
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN18-S5
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
December 2021
July 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1320 MHz
990 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,700 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
15-25 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
42.24
63.36
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
144.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3
Optimus
+
-