Component comparison

GeForce MX550 vs GeForce RTX 2070

GeForce MX550 vs GeForce RTX 2070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce MX550
  • + Release year (+3)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+245 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+15.8)
B GeForce RTX 2070
  • + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+352 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+55 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+6,100M)
  • + CUDA cores (+1280)
  • + TMUs (+112)
  • + ROPs (+48)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+2.76 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+82.58 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+191.06 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+11644)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+4191)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+17060)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+54369)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+51039)
  • + Normalized score (+21.4)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce MX550
Component B
GeForce RTX 2070
Release year 2021 (+3) 2018
VRAM (GB) 2 GB 8 GB (+6 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 96 GB/s 448 GB/s (+352 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 64 bit 256 bit (+192 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 25 W 80 W (+55 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 2,304 (+1280)
TMUs 32 144 (+112)
ROPs 16 64 (+48)
RT cores 36
Tensor cores 288
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 2.70 TFLOPS 5.46 TFLOPS (+2.76 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 21.12 GPixel/s 103.70 GPixel/s (+82.58 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 42.24 GTexel/s 233.30 GTexel/s (+191.06 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 32.8 (+15.8) 17.0
PassMark (overall) 4,419 16,063 (+11644)
3DMark Time Spy 2,470 6,661 (+4191)
3DMark Fire Strike 6,126 23,186 (+17060)
Geekbench OpenCL 34,068 88,437 (+54369)
Geekbench Vulkan 32,369 83,408 (+51039)
Normalized score 49.1 70.5 (+21.4)

Only in component B

DLSS

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce MX550 GeForce RTX 2070 Delta
Battlefield 5 45 FPS 92 FPS 104.4% (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 127 FPS 14.4% (B)
Far Cry 5 45 FPS 103 FPS 128.9% (B)
Fortnite 60 FPS 122 FPS 103.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 45 FPS 121 FPS 168.9% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 47 FPS 85 FPS 80.9% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
Metro Exodus 21 FPS 61 FPS 190.5% (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 122 FPS 144% (B)
Valorant 95 FPS 180 FPS 89.5% (B)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 2070 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).