GeForce MX550 and RTX A500 Embedded - video card comparison
GeForce MX550
RTX A500 Embedded
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN18-S5
GA107S
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
December 2021
March 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1320 MHz
1335 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
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
42.24
85.44
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
96 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
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3
Optimus
+
-