NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

NVIDIA GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR6
1320MHz
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1176MHz
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
6.02 TOPS
INT8
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32
1.51 TFLOPS
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
65W
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 31,280
10%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 36,190
10%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 28,095
14%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 60
8%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Turing
Architecture
Maxwell
Family
GeForce MX
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV167
TU117
Variant
GN18-S5-A1
Codename
NV117
GM107
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
3/1/2022
Release Date
3/12/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
148 mm²
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Transistor Count
4.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
23.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.64M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
5 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1065MHz Base
1320MHz
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1097MHz Base
1176MHz
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
6.02 TOPS
INT8
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FP16
5.41 TFLOPS
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FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.51 TFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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FP64
50 GFLOPS
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INT8
6.02 TOPS
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INT32
1.51 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
21.12 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
18.816 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
42.24 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
47.04 GTexel/s
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L1
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64KB/SM
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L2
1MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
80GB/s
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TDP
25W
TDP
65W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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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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Model
NVENC 2
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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No Decoders
Model
NVDEC 1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.0
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Change Comparison