NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Graphics Processor

GPU model TU117 GA106
GPU variant MX550 GA106-300-A1
Architecture Turing Ampere
Foundry TSMC Samsung
Manufacturing process 12 nm 8 nm
Number of transistors 4,700 million 13,250 million
Die size 200 mm² 276 mm²

Mobile graphics

Release date 2022
Generation GeForce MX (5xx)
Production Unreleased
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8

Clocks

Base clock 1000 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost clock 1320 MHz 1777 MHz
Memory clock 1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective 1875 MHz 15 Gbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 4 GB 12 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus width 64 bit 192 bit
Bandwidth 96.00 GB/s 360.0 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units 1024 3584
TMUs 32 112
ROPs 16 48
SM count 8 28
Tensor cores 32 112
RT cores 8 28
Cache L1 128 KB (per SM) 128 KB (per SM)
Cache L2 2 MB 3 MB

Performance

Pixel rate 21.12 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture rate 42.24 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half) performance 2.703 TFLOPS (1:1) 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float) performance 2.703 TFLOPS 12.74 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 42.24 GFLOPS (1:64) 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width IGP Dual-slot
TDP 25 W 170 W
Outputs No outputs 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort
Power connectors None 1x 12-pin
Length 242 mm 9.5 inches
Width 112 mm 4.4 inches
Suggested PSU 450 W
Board number PG190 SKU 60

API Support & Features

DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
CUDA 7.5 8.6
Shader model 6.6 6.6

Other Features

Graphics Card

Release date Jan 12th, 2021
gpu.details.availability Feb 25th, 2021
Generation GeForce 30
Predecessor GeForce 20
Production Active
Launch price 329 USD
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Reviews 60 in our database

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