GeForce MX550 vs GT 720M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 720M and GeForce MX550, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 720M
2013
2 GB DDR3, 33 Watt
1.19

MX550 outperforms GT 720M by a whopping 889% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1057409
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.4732.26
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK208TU117S
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date25 December 2013 (11 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 cores1921024
Core clock speed719 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHz1320 MHz
Number of transistors915 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate12.1342.24
Floating-point processing power0.2911 TFLOPS2.703 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1632

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount2 GB2 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s96 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 2560x1600no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 2560x1600no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
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 720M 1.19
GeForce MX550 11.77
+889%

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 720M 459
GeForce MX550 4536
+888%

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 720M 1213
GeForce MX550 10005
+725%

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 720M 4585
GeForce MX550 36560
+697%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GT 720M 822
GeForce MX550 6126
+645%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GT 720M 5426
GeForce MX550 40364
+644%

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:

Full HD13
−254%
46
+254%
4K2−3
−1300%
28
+1300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−460%
27−30
+460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2600%
27−30
+2600%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1000%
30−35
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 30
−160%
75−80
+160%
Hitman 3 6−7
−267%
21−24
+267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−350%
60−65
+350%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1550%
30−35
+1550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−375%
35−40
+375%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−116%
65−70
+116%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−460%
27−30
+460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2600%
27−30
+2600%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1000%
30−35
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Hitman 3 6−7
−267%
21−24
+267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−350%
60−65
+350%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1550%
30−35
+1550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−550%
52
+550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
−87.5%
30−33
+87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−116%
65−70
+116%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−460%
27−30
+460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2600%
27−30
+2600%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Hitman 3 6−7
−267%
21−24
+267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−350%
60−65
+350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−425%
42
+425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−145%
27
+145%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−116%
65−70
+116%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1550%
30−35
+1550%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−2200%
21−24
+2200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 12−14
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Hitman 3 7−8
−114%
14−16
+114%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 12−14
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−1380%
70−75
+1380%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−375%
18−20
+375%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 8−9

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 6−7
Far Cry 5 0−1 6−7

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+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%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

This is how GT 720M and GeForce MX550 compete in popular games:

  • GeForce MX550 is 254% faster in 1080p
  • GeForce MX550 is 1300% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GeForce MX550 is 7700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GeForce MX550 is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.19 11.77
Recency 25 December 2013 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce MX550 has a 889.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 32% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX550 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 720M in performance tests.


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