GeForce MX550 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce MX550
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GA104
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN18-S5
GA104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
December 2021
2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1320 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,700 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
15-25 Watt
195 Watt
Texture fill rate
42.24
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
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
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3
Optimus
+
-