
GeForce MX550 and RTX A500 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce MX550 vs RTX A500
GeForce MX550
4713
RTX A500
6993
GeForce MX550
RTX A500
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN18-S5
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
December 2021
November 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1320 MHz
1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,700 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
15-25 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
42.24
113.3
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
12000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
112.0 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
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3
Optimus
+
-