Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile vs Nvidia GeForce MX550

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, vs Nvidia GeForce MX550. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Nvidia GeForce MX550
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
25
13
10
n/a
22
11
10
n/a
The Witcher 3
21
17
12
n/a
18
15
11
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
41
20
19
n/a
38
23
15
n/a
Far Cry 6
26
26
18
9
29
25
16
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
17
11
10
n/a
17
10
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
28
22
16
11
28
24
15
11
Ghost of Tsushima
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
24
21
14
n/a
22
18
13
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2322
1080p Ultra1615
1440p Ultra1211
4K Ultra--
DeviationMediumHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
1823
Nvidia GeForce MX550
1449
Time Spy20922380
Fire Strike65215925
Night Raid2808827890
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
22121
Nvidia GeForce MX550
38596
Background Blur54.1 frames/s70.9 frames/s
Face Detection25.9 frames/s37 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.9 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.31 Gpix/sec1.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.4 Gpix/sec1.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching70.1 Gpix/sec180.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2008.1 fps5147.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
4463
Nvidia GeForce MX550
4512
G2D Mark292396
DirectX 1135 fps34 fps
DirectX 1219 fps28 fps
GPU Compute1813 Ops/s2203 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
29.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce MX550
32.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)166.7 fps175.5 fps
Car Chase150.1 fps171.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)134.4 fps149.1 fps
T-Rex643.6 fps733.5 fps
ALU 2622.1 fps1025.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2202.8 fps235.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation730.81097.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 3, 2017 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Turing
Codename GP107 (N17P-G0) TU117

GPU

GPU Frequency 1354 MHz 1065 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1493 MHz 1320 MHz
Shader Units 640 1024
TMUs 40 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 5 8
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 24 Gpix/sec 21 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 60 GTex/s 42 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS 2.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 55 W 25 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Max temperature 97 °C n/a
Transistor Size 132 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 3.3 billion 4.7 billion
Transistor density 25 MTr/mm² 23.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1752 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 64 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7008 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
112.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce MX550
96 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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