NVIDIA GeForce MX550 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 80W

NVIDIA GeForce MX550
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 80W
1024 Shaders
2GB GDDR6
1320MHz
3840 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1425MHz
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
350.21 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
FP32
10.94 TFLOPS
FP16
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
10.94 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
25W
TDP
80W
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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 90,770
30%
GB5 CUDA 36,190
10%
GB5 CUDA 99,960
28%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 28,095
14%
GB5 Vulkan 65,610
32%
OCT 2020.1 60
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OCT 2020.1 280
37%
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
Ampere
Family
GeForce MX
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
NV167
TU117
Variant
GN18-S5-A1
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GN20-E3
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
3/1/2022
Release Date
2/25/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
4.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
23.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
120 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
120 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1065MHz Base
1320MHz
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900MHz Base
1425MHz
Peak AI Performance
5.41 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
350.21 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
5.41 TFLOPS
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FP16
10.94 TFLOPS
43.78 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
87.55 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
21.89 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
43.78 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
2.7 TFLOPS
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FP32
10.94 TFLOPS
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FP64
80 GFLOPS
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FP64
170 GFLOPS
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BF16
10.94 TFLOPS
21.89 TFLOPS Tensor
43.78 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
10.94 TFLOPS Tensor
21.89 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
175.1 TOPS Tensor
350.21 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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87.55 TOPS Tensor
175.1 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
5.47 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
21.4 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
21.12 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
68.4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
42.24 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
171 GTexel/s
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L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
1MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
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2GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
25W
TDP
80W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
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)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
No Encoders
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Model
NVENC 7
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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No Decoders
Model
NVDEC 5
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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