Component comparison
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce MX550
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce MX550 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+4)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+224 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+90 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-9 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+12,200M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+51 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+1536)
- + TMUs (+48)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+10.47 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+61.18 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+163.56 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+9648)
B
GeForce MX550
- + Energy efficiency (+8.5)
- + Normalized score (+7.8)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 5050
|
Component B
GeForce MX550
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+4) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+6 GB) | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 320 GB/s (+224 GB/s) | 96 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit (+64 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+90 W) | 25 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-9 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 16,900M (+12,200M) | 4,700M |
| Die size (mm²) | 149 mm² (+51 mm²) | 200 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 1065 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1320 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 2,560 (+1536) | 1,024 |
| TMUs | 80 (+48) | 32 |
| ROPs | 32 (+16) | 16 |
| RT cores | 20 | — |
| Tensor cores | 80 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS (+10.47 TFLOPS) | 2.70 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s (+61.18 GPixel/s) | 21.12 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s (+163.56 GTexel/s) | 42.24 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 24.3 | 32.8 (+8.5) |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,067 (+9648) | 4,419 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | 2,470 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | — | 6,126 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 34,068 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 32,369 |
| Normalized score | 41.3 | 49.1 (+7.8) |
Only in component A
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In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce MX550 | 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:
GeForce RTX 5050 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).