Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce MX550
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce MX550 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060
- + VRAM (GB) (+10 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+264 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+55 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+7,300M)
- + CUDA cores (+2816)
- + TMUs (+88)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+8.24 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+64.18 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+156.76 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+12525)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+5752)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+15563)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+54183)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+57549)
- + Normalized score (+23.4)
B
GeForce MX550
- + Die size (mm²) (+76 mm²)
- + Energy efficiency (+14.4)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
|
Component B
GeForce MX550
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+10 GB) | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 360 GB/s (+264 GB/s) | 96 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+128 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W (+55 W) | 25 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 12,000M (+7,300M) | 4,700M |
| Die size (mm²) | 276 mm² | 200 mm² (+76 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 1065 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1320 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 (+2816) | 1,024 |
| TMUs | 120 (+88) | 32 |
| ROPs | 48 (+32) | 16 |
| RT cores | 30 | — |
| Tensor cores | 120 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS (+8.24 TFLOPS) | 2.70 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 85.30 GPixel/s (+64.18 GPixel/s) | 21.12 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 199.00 GTexel/s (+156.76 GTexel/s) | 42.24 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 | 32.8 (+14.4) |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,944 (+12525) | 4,419 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,222 (+5752) | 2,470 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 21,689 (+15563) | 6,126 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 88,251 (+54183) | 34,068 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 89,918 (+57549) | 32,369 |
| Normalized score | 72.5 (+23.4) | 49.1 |
Only in component A
DLSS
ReBAR
In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 | GeForce MX550 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 110 FPS | 45 FPS | +144.4% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170 FPS | 55 FPS | +209.1% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 103 FPS | 21 FPS | +390.5% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 131 FPS | 111 FPS | +18% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 112 FPS | 45 FPS | +148.9% (A) |
| Fortnite | 140 FPS | 60 FPS | +133.3% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110 FPS | 45 FPS | +144.4% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120 FPS | 47 FPS | +155.3% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Metro Exodus | 81 FPS | 21 FPS | +285.7% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 124 FPS | 21 FPS | +490.5% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 142 FPS | 50 FPS | +184% (A) |
| Valorant | 190 FPS | 95 FPS | +100% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3060 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).