Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce MX550

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Nvidia GeForce MX550
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
33
15
15
n/a
22
11
10
n/a
The Witcher 3
22
20
14
n/a
18
15
11
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
46
29
23
n/a
38
23
15
n/a
Far Cry 6
30
28
20
9
29
25
16
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
18
13
11
n/a
17
10
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
30
26
16
11
28
24
15
11
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
9
n/a
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
13
12
n/a
n/a
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
27
15
n/a
22
18
13
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High2622
1080p Ultra2015
1440p Ultra1411
4K Ultra--
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2312
Nvidia GeForce MX550
1449
Time Spy23522380
Fire Strike77035925
Night Raid3345927890
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
21180
Nvidia GeForce MX550
38596
Background Blur56.6 frames/s70.9 frames/s
Face Detection27.4 frames/s37 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.82 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.2 Gpix/sec1.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.27 Gpix/sec1.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.18 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching66.3 Gpix/sec180.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1916.5 fps5147.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6329
Nvidia GeForce MX550
4512
G2D Mark649396
DirectX 1145 fps34 fps
DirectX 1225 fps28 fps
GPU Compute2657 Ops/s2203 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
34.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce MX550
32.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)196 fps175.5 fps
Car Chase195.2 fps171.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)166.6 fps149.1 fps
T-Rex839.6 fps733.5 fps
ALU 2744.9 fps1025.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2270.3 fps235.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation848.11097.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 25, 2016 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Turing
Codename GP107 TU117
Price 139 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1291 MHz 1065 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1392 MHz 1320 MHz
Shader Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 6 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 45 Gpix/sec 21 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 67 GTex/s 42 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS 2.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 75 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 billion 4.7 billion
Transistor density 22.73 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 7000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
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 1.4a 1.4
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce MX550 the clear winner in this comparison.

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