Component comparison

GeForce MX550 vs GeForce RTX 2060

GeForce MX550 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce MX550
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+245 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+14.7)
B GeForce RTX 2060
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+240 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+90 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+6,100M)
  • + CUDA cores (+896)
  • + TMUs (+88)
  • + ROPs (+32)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+3.75 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+59.52 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+159.36 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+9675)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+3671)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+10205)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+37344)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+33489)
  • + Normalized score (+17.2)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce MX550
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
Release year 2021 (+2) 2019
VRAM (GB) 2 GB 6 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 1750 MHz (+250 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 96 GB/s 336 GB/s (+240 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 64 bit 192 bit (+128 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 25 W 115 W (+90 W)
Lithography (nm) 12 nm 12 nm
Transistors (M) 4,700M 10,800M (+6,100M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+245 mm²) 445 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) 1320 MHz
CUDA cores 1,024 1,920 (+896)
TMUs 32 120 (+88)
ROPs 16 48 (+32)
RT cores 30
Tensor cores 240
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 2.70 TFLOPS 6.45 TFLOPS (+3.75 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 21.12 GPixel/s 80.64 GPixel/s (+59.52 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 42.24 GTexel/s 201.60 GTexel/s (+159.36 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 32.8 (+14.7) 18.1
PassMark (overall) 4,419 14,094 (+9675)
3DMark Time Spy 2,470 6,141 (+3671)
3DMark Fire Strike 6,126 16,331 (+10205)
Geekbench OpenCL 34,068 71,412 (+37344)
Geekbench Vulkan 32,369 65,858 (+33489)
Normalized score 49.1 66.4 (+17.2)

Only in component B

DLSS ray_tracing

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce MX550 GeForce RTX 2060 Delta
Battlefield 5 45 FPS 104 FPS 131.1% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS
Counter-Strike 2 55 FPS 150 FPS 172.7% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 21 FPS 60 FPS 185.7% (B)
Dota 2 111 FPS 118 FPS 6.3% (B)
Far Cry 5 45 FPS 96 FPS 113.3% (B)
Fortnite 60 FPS 162 FPS 170% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 45 FPS 108 FPS 140% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 47 FPS 100 FPS 112.8% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
Metro Exodus 21 FPS 56 FPS 166.7% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS
Resident Evil 4 Remake 21 FPS 65 FPS 209.5% (B)
The Witcher 3 50 FPS 111 FPS 122% (B)
Valorant 95 FPS 223 FPS 134.7% (B)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 2060 wins 18 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).