GeForce MX550 vs GT 640M LE

Place in the ranking	914	405
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Power efficiency	3.97	32.57
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GF108	TU117S
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 May 2012 (12 years ago)	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$849.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	Up to 384	1024
Core clock speed	Up to 500 MHz	1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1320 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.05	42.24
Floating-point processing power	0.289 TFLOPS	2.703 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	16	32

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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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\DDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	785 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 28.8 GB/s	96 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	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
Optimus	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7 (6.4)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	7.5

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 640M LE 1.84

GeForce MX550 11.78
+540%

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 640M LE 709

GeForce MX550 4544
+541%

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 640M LE 1259

GeForce MX550 10005
+695%

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 640M LE 5788

GeForce MX550 36560
+532%

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	19 −532%	120−130 +532%
Full HD	20 −130%	46 +130%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

42.50

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−350%

18−20
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −300%	27−30 +300%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −3700%	35−40 +3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −560%	30−35 +560%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −1014%	75−80 +1014%
Hitman 3	6−7 −267%	21−24 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −271%	60−65 +271%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −725%	30−35 +725%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −97.1%	65−70 +97.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −300%	27−30 +300%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −3700%	35−40 +3700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −560%	30−35 +560%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −1014%	75−80 +1014%
Hitman 3	6−7 −267%	21−24 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −271%	60−65 +271%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −725%	30−35 +725%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −478%	52 +478%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −97.1%	65−70 +97.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −300%	27−30 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −1014%	75−80 +1014%
Hitman 3	6−7 −267%	21−24 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −271%	60−65 +271%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −367%	42 +367%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −125%	27 +125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −97.1%	65−70 +97.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−725%

30−35
+725%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1050%	21−24 +1050%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Hitman 3	7−8 −114%	14−16 +114%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −640%	70−75 +640%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−280%

18−20
+280%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−700%

8−9
+700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	6−7
Far Cry 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−267%

10−12
+267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

18−20

+0%

18−20

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Hitman 3	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%

This is how GT 640M LE and GeForce MX550 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX550 is 532% faster in 900p
GeForce MX550 is 130% faster in 1080p

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX550 is 3700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce MX550 is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.84	11.78
Recency	4 May 2012	17 December 2021
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	25 Watt

GT 640M LE has 25% lower power consumption.

GeForce MX550, on the other hand, has a 540.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce MX550 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640M LE in performance tests.

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