GeForce MX550 vs 256 DDR

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated409
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data32.26
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV10 A3TU117S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 December 1999 (25 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1024
Core clock speed120 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1320 MHz
Number of transistors17 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology220 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rate0.4842.24
Floating-point processing powerno data2.703 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs432

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed150 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth4.8 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x VGAPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX7.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.7 (6.4)
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 December 1999 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 220 nm 12 nm

GeForce MX550 has an age advantage of 21 year, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1733.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 256 DDR and GeForce MX550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 256 DDR is a desktop card while GeForce MX550 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
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