NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

NVIDIA GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR6
1320MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
993MHz
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32
2.54 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
75W
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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
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Turing
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
GeForce MX
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV167
TU117
Variant
GN18-S5-A1
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
3/1/2022
Release Date
10/7/2014
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
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
4.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
23.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1065MHz Base
1320MHz
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993MHz
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
10.17 TOPS
INT8
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FP16
5.41 TFLOPS
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FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
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FP32
2.54 TFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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INT8
10.17 TOPS
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INT32
2.54 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
21.12 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
47.664 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
42.24 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
79.44 GTexel/s
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
1MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR6
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
25W
TDP
75W
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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
60Hz
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
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
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No Encoders
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Model
2x NVENC 3
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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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
12_1
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
5.2
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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