RTX A2000 Mobile vs GeForce GT 550M

Place in the ranking	974	207
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.94	18.84
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GF108	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)	12 April 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 cores	96	2560
Core clock speed	475 MHz	893 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1358 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.600	108.6
Floating-point processing power	0.1824 TFLOPS	6.953 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	16	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
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	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	176.0 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

No outputs

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	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

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 1.48

RTX A2000 Mobile 25.74
+1639%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 550M 573

RTX A2000 Mobile 9934
+1634%

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

RTX A2000 Mobile 18058
+1755%

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

RTX A2000 Mobile 63738
+1233%

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 −1633%	260−270 +1633%
Full HD	24 −225%	78 +225%
1440p	2−3 −2050%	43 +2050%
4K	2−3 −1900%	40 +1900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1750%

74
+1750%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −833%	55−60 +833%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1450%	62 +1450%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2850%	55−60 +2850%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1575%	65−70 +1575%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −3600%	140−150 +3600%
Hitman 3	6−7 −767%	50−55 +767%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2100%	65−70 +2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −988%	85−90 +988%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −215%	100−110 +215%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −833%	55−60 +833%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1150%	50 +1150%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2850%	55−60 +2850%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1575%	65−70 +1575%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −3600%	140−150 +3600%
Hitman 3	6−7 −767%	50−55 +767%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2100%	65−70 +2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1250%	108 +1250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −400%	55−60 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −215%	100−110 +215%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −833%	55−60 +833%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −925%	41 +925%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2850%	55−60 +2850%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −3600%	140−150 +3600%
Hitman 3	6−7 −767%	50−55 +767%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −680%	110−120 +680%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −1075%	94 +1075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −355%	50 +355%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +13.8%	29 −13.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−2100%

65−70
+2100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2350%	45−50 +2350%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1850%	35−40 +1850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2400%	25 +2400%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
Hitman 3	7−8 −343%	30−35 +343%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −960%	50−55 +960%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −1943%	140−150 +1943%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−975%

40−45
+975%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1900%

20−22
+1900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	14−16
Far Cry 5	0−1	14−16

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−633%

21−24
+633%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55 +0%	55 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	39 +0%	39 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	49 +0%	49 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	63 +0%	63 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	33 +0%	33 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35 +0%	35 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

This is how GT 550M and RTX A2000 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A2000 Mobile is 1633% faster in 900p
RTX A2000 Mobile is 225% faster in 1080p
RTX A2000 Mobile is 2050% faster in 1440p
RTX A2000 Mobile is 1900% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 550M is 14% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A2000 Mobile is 3600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 550M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX A2000 Mobile is ahead in 48 tests (70%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.48	25.74
Recency	5 January 2011	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

GT 550M has 171.4% lower power consumption.

RTX A2000 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1639.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A2000 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 A2000 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.