Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GT 550M

Place in the ranking	981	200
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.97	54.33
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GF108	AD107
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)	26 February 2024 (less than a 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 cores	96	2048
Core clock speed	475 MHz	1485 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2025 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.600	129.6
Floating-point processing power	0.1824 TFLOPS	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	16	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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 size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	128.0 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 Connectors

Portable 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.

DirectX	12 API	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 550M 1.49

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 27.27
+1730%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 550M 974

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 20239
+1979%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 550M 4782

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 66297
+1287%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	15 −1700%	270−280 +1700%
Full HD	23 −1639%	400−450 +1639%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1650%

70−75
+1650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1700%	270−280 +1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1650%	140−150 +1650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −1718%	600−650 +1718%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1700%	270−280 +1700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −1567%	50−55 +1567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1650%	140−150 +1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −1718%	600−650 +1718%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −1650%	70−75 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1700%	270−280 +1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1650%	140−150 +1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −1718%	200−210 +1718%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −1718%	600−650 +1718%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1567%

50−55
+1567%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Hitman 3	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1700%	90−95 +1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −1614%	120−130 +1614%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1650%

70−75
+1650%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1700%

18−20
+1700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1567%

50−55
+1567%

This is how GT 550M and Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is 1700% faster in 900p
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is 1639% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.49	27.27
Recency	5 January 2011	26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 1730.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 550M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 550M is a notebook graphics card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.