Component comparison

GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce MX550

GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce MX550 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 4080
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+10 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+750 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+620 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+85 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-8 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+41,200M)
  • + CUDA cores (+8704)
  • + TMUs (+272)
  • + ROPs (+96)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+46.04 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+259.48 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+719.26 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+9.0)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+20334)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+16064)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+35305)
  • + Normalized score (+23.7)
B GeForce MX550
  • + Die size (mm²) (+179 mm²)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 4080
Component B
GeForce MX550
Release year 2023 (+2) 2021
VRAM (GB) 12 GB (+10 GB) 2 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 2250 MHz (+750 MHz) 1500 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 716 GB/s (+620 GB/s) 96 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 256 bit (+192 bit) 64 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 110 W (+85 W) 25 W
Lithography (nm) 4 nm (-8 nm) 12 nm
Transistors (M) 45,900M (+41,200M) 4,700M
Die size (mm²) 379 mm² 200 mm² (+179 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — 1065 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) — 1320 MHz
CUDA cores 9,728 (+8704) 1,024
TMUs 304 (+272) 32
ROPs 112 (+96) 16
RT cores 76 —
Tensor cores 304 —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 48.74 TFLOPS (+46.04 TFLOPS) 2.70 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 280.60 GPixel/s (+259.48 GPixel/s) 21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 761.50 GTexel/s (+719.26 GTexel/s) 42.24 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 41.8 (+9.0) 32.8
PassMark (overall) 24,753 (+20334) 4,419
3DMark Time Spy 18,534 (+16064) 2,470
3DMark Fire Strike 41,431 (+35305) 6,126
Geekbench OpenCL — 34,068
Geekbench Vulkan — 32,369
Normalized score 72.8 (+23.7) 49.1

Only in component A

DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce MX550 Delta
Battlefield 5 160 FPS 45 FPS +255.6% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 290 FPS 55 FPS +427.3% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 149 FPS 21 FPS +609.5% (A)
Dota 2 178 FPS 111 FPS +60.4% (A)
Far Cry 5 171 FPS 45 FPS +280% (A)
Fortnite 270 FPS 60 FPS +350% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 230 FPS 45 FPS +411.1% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 249 FPS 47 FPS +429.8% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 146 FPS 21 FPS +595.2% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 170 FPS 21 FPS +709.5% (A)
The Witcher 3 334 FPS 50 FPS +568% (A)
Valorant 300 FPS 95 FPS +215.8% (A)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4080 wins 19 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).