GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and GeForce MX550 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
GeForce MX550
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
GA104
GN18-S5
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2021
December 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
4,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
15-25 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
42.24
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
96 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
8.6
7.5
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.2
Optimus
-
+