GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs GT 550M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking986not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.88no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF108AD107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores962560
Core clock speed475 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1605 MHz
Number of transistors585 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate7.600128.4
Floating-point processing power0.1824 TFLOPS8.218 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs1680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s168.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable 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.

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2011 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm

RTX 4050 Max-Q has an age advantage of 11 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 550M and GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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