Component comparison
GeForce MX550 vs RTX A1000
GeForce MX550 vs RTX A1000 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce MX550
Components are close in specs
B
RTX A1000
- + Release year (+3)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+128 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+25 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + CUDA cores (+1280)
- + TMUs (+40)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+4.03 TFLOPS)
- + Energy efficiency (+7.1)
- + PassMark (overall) (+6334)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+19576)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+18075)
- + Normalized score (+8.1)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce MX550
|
Component B
RTX A1000
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2024 (+3) |
| VRAM (GB) | 2 GB | 8 GB (+6 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 96 GB/s | 224 GB/s (+128 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 64 bit | 128 bit (+64 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 25 W | 50 W (+25 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 12 nm | 8 nm (-4 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 4,700M | — |
| Die size (mm²) | 200 mm² | — |
| Base clock (MHz) | 1065 MHz | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1320 MHz | — |
| CUDA cores | 1,024 | 2,304 (+1280) |
| TMUs | 32 | 72 (+40) |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 (+16) |
| RT cores | — | 18 |
| Tensor cores | — | 72 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 2.70 TFLOPS | 6.74 TFLOPS (+4.03 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 21.12 GPixel/s | — |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 42.24 GTexel/s | — |
| Energy efficiency | 32.8 | 39.9 (+7.1) |
| PassMark (overall) | 4,419 | 10,753 (+6334) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 2,470 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 6,126 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 34,068 | 53,644 (+19576) |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 32,369 | 50,444 (+18075) |
| Normalized score | 49.1 | 57.2 (+8.1) |
Only in component B
DLSS
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce MX550 | RTX A1000 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
RTX A1000 wins 15 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).