NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB

NVIDIA GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR6
1320MHz
32 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
470MHz
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32
60 GFLOPS
FP16
5.41 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
25W
TDP
20W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 31,280
10%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA 36,190
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan 28,095
14%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 60
8%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Turing
Architecture
Tesla
Family
GeForce MX
Family
GeForce 8000
Codename
NV167
TU117
Variant
GN18-S5-A1
Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
NB8P
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
3/1/2022
Release Date
5/1/2007
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
169 mm²
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Transistor Count
4.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Density
23.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1065MHz Base
1320MHz
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940MHz Shader
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470MHz
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
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FP16
5.41 TFLOPS
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FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
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FP32
60 GFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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INT32
0.06 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
21.12 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
3.76 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
42.24 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.52 GTexel/s
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L1
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Unknown
L2
1MB Shared
L2
64KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR6
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256MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
Clock
635MHz
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
Bandwidth
20.3GB/s
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TDP
25W
TDP
20W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
No Decoders
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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