Component comparison

GeForce MX550 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

GeForce MX550 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce MX550
  • + Release year (+5)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-2 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+1,400M)
  • + CUDA cores (+256)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+0.53 TFLOPS)
  • + Energy efficiency (+17.1)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+209)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+13414)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+12579)
  • + Normalized score (+8.4)
B GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
  • + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+16 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+50 W)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+68 mm²)
  • + TMUs (+16)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+23.42 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+24.58 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+1944)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+1359)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce MX550
Component B
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Release year 2021 (+5) 2016
VRAM (GB) 2 GB 4 GB (+2 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz —
Bandwidth (GB/s) 96 GB/s 112 GB/s (+16 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 64 bit 128 bit (+64 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 25 W 75 W (+50 W)
Lithography (nm) 12 nm (-2 nm) 14 nm
Transistors (M) 4,700M (+1,400M) 3,300M
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² 132 mm² (+68 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz —
Boost clock (MHz) 1320 MHz —
CUDA cores 1,024 (+256) 768
TMUs 32 48 (+16)
ROPs 16 32 (+16)
RT cores — —
Tensor cores — —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 2.70 TFLOPS (+0.53 TFLOPS) 2.18 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 21.12 GPixel/s 44.54 GPixel/s (+23.42 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 42.24 GTexel/s 66.82 GTexel/s (+24.58 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 32.8 (+17.1) 15.8
PassMark (overall) 4,419 6,363 (+1944)
3DMark Time Spy 2,470 (+209) 2,261
3DMark Fire Strike 6,126 7,485 (+1359)
Geekbench OpenCL 34,068 (+13414) 20,654
Geekbench Vulkan 32,369 (+12579) 19,790
Normalized score 49.1 (+8.4) 40.8

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce MX550 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Delta
Battlefield 5 45 FPS 57 FPS 26.7% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 55 FPS 70 FPS 27.3% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 21 FPS 27 FPS 28.6% (B)
Dota 2 111 FPS 98 FPS +13.3% (A)
Far Cry 5 45 FPS 48 FPS 6.7% (B)
Fortnite 60 FPS 75 FPS 25% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 45 FPS 67 FPS 48.9% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 47 FPS 40 FPS +17.5% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 21 FPS 31 FPS 47.6% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 21 FPS 24 FPS 14.3% (B)
The Witcher 3 50 FPS 46 FPS +8.7% (A)
Valorant 95 FPS 110 FPS 15.8% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti wins 11 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).