Component comparison

GeForce MX550 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

GeForce MX550 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce MX550
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+84 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+8.0)
B GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+192 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+55 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+1,900M)
  • + CUDA cores (+512)
  • + TMUs (+64)
  • + ROPs (+32)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+1.40 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+63.84 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+127.66 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+8199)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+3189)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+8692)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+26843)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+25761)
  • + Normalized score (+14.5)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce MX550
Component B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Release year 2021 (+2) 2019
VRAM (GB) 2 GB 6 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 1500 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 96 GB/s 288 GB/s (+192 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 64 bit 192 bit (+128 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 25 W 80 W (+55 W)
Lithography (nm) 12 nm 12 nm
Transistors (M) 4,700M 6,600M (+1,900M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+84 mm²) 284 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz —
Boost clock (MHz) 1320 MHz —
CUDA cores 1,024 1,536 (+512)
TMUs 32 96 (+64)
ROPs 16 48 (+32)
RT cores — —
Tensor cores — —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 2.70 TFLOPS 4.10 TFLOPS (+1.40 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 21.12 GPixel/s 84.96 GPixel/s (+63.84 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 42.24 GTexel/s 169.90 GTexel/s (+127.66 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 32.8 (+8.0) 24.9
PassMark (overall) 4,419 12,618 (+8199)
3DMark Time Spy 2,470 5,659 (+3189)
3DMark Fire Strike 6,126 14,818 (+8692)
Geekbench OpenCL 34,068 60,911 (+26843)
Geekbench Vulkan 32,369 58,130 (+25761)
Normalized score 49.1 63.7 (+14.5)

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce MX550 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Delta
Battlefield 5 45 FPS 111 FPS 146.7% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 55 FPS 147 FPS 167.3% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 21 FPS 86 FPS 309.5% (B)
Dota 2 111 FPS 121 FPS 9% (B)
Far Cry 5 45 FPS 93 FPS 106.7% (B)
Fortnite 60 FPS 120 FPS 100% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 45 FPS 134 FPS 197.8% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 47 FPS 107 FPS 127.7% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 21 FPS 54 FPS 157.1% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 21 FPS 75 FPS 257.1% (B)
The Witcher 3 50 FPS 103 FPS 106% (B)
Valorant 95 FPS 209 FPS 120% (B)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti wins 17 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).