Component comparison

GeForce RTX 5070 vs GeForce MX550

GeForce RTX 5070 vs GeForce MX550 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 5070
  • + Release year (+4)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+576 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+75 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-8 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+26,400M)
  • + CUDA cores (+5120)
  • + TMUs (+160)
  • + ROPs (+64)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+28.17 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+179.88 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+440.06 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+14656)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+28823)
  • + Normalized score (+20.4)
B GeForce MX550
  • + Die size (mm²) (+63 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+11.5)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 5070
Component B
GeForce MX550
Release year 2025 (+4) 2021
VRAM (GB) 8 GB (+6 GB) 2 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 2000 MHz (+500 MHz) 1500 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 672 GB/s (+576 GB/s) 96 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit (+128 bit) 64 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 100 W (+75 W) 25 W
Lithography (nm) 4 nm (-8 nm) 12 nm
Transistors (M) 31,100M (+26,400M) 4,700M
Die size (mm²) 263 mm² 200 mm² (+63 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — 1065 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) — 1320 MHz
CUDA cores 6,144 (+5120) 1,024
TMUs 192 (+160) 32
ROPs 80 (+64) 16
RT cores 48 —
Tensor cores 192 —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 30.87 TFLOPS (+28.17 TFLOPS) 2.70 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 201.00 GPixel/s (+179.88 GPixel/s) 21.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 482.30 GTexel/s (+440.06 GTexel/s) 42.24 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 21.3 32.8 (+11.5)
PassMark (overall) 19,075 (+14656) 4,419
3DMark Time Spy — 2,470
3DMark Fire Strike 34,949 (+28823) 6,126
Geekbench OpenCL — 34,068
Geekbench Vulkan — 32,369
Normalized score 69.6 (+20.4) 49.1

Only in component A

DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 5070 GeForce MX550 Delta
Battlefield 5 180 FPS 45 FPS +300% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 300 FPS 55 FPS +445.5% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 170 FPS 21 FPS +709.5% (A)
Far Cry 5 322 FPS 45 FPS +615.6% (A)
Fortnite 300 FPS 60 FPS +400% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 270 FPS 45 FPS +500% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 329 FPS 47 FPS +600% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 170 FPS 21 FPS +709.5% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 210 FPS 21 FPS +900% (A)
The Witcher 3 436 FPS 50 FPS +772% (A)
Valorant 400 FPS 95 FPS +321.1% (A)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 5070 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).