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NVIDIA GeForce MX550

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 is a graphics card released on March 1, 2022, built on the Turing architecture using a 12 nm process. It has 1,024 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus, 96.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.32 GHz and a 25 W board power rating. It scores 4,405 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.3.

TuringTU117-670-A1 (GN18-S5-A1)12 nm

10/10 key specs recorded · 48 facts

Depth: 33 recorded fields, 9 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NanoReview (Firecrawl extract), NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NanoReview (Firecrawl extract)NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

1,024cores

8 compute units

Memory

2 GB

GDDR6 · 64-bit

Boost clock

1.32 GHz

1.07 GHz base

Board power

25 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 scores 4,405 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 78.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #611), measured across 925 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 385.

PassMark G3D Mark

4,405

Rank #611
Faster than 78.4% of 2,658 GPUs
925 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 61 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 64.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 58.1% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 32 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 60.9% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 27 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 63.1% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,125 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 65.4% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 averages DirectX 9 61 fps, DirectX 10 16 fps, DirectX 11 32 fps, DirectX 12 27 fps and GPU Compute 2,125 ops/s, across 925 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2022-01-26

Samples 925

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture Turing

Codename TU117-670-A1 (GN18-S5-A1)

Chip Not recorded

Process node 12 nm

Transistors 4,700 M

Die size 200 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 is based on the Turing architecture, uses the TU117-670-A1 (GN18-S5-A1) graphics processor, is manufactured on a 12 nm process, contains 4,700 million transistors and has a die size of 200 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 1,024

Compute units 8

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 has 1,024 shading units, 8 compute units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce MX550. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce MX550.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.07 GHz

Boost clock 1.32 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock 1.50 GHz

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 runs at a base clock of 1.07 GHz and boosts to 1.32 GHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type GDDR6

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 96.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR6 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 96.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 has a board power rating of 25 W.

Board power (TDP) 25 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface Not recorded

Market

Launched March 1, 2022

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 was released on March 1, 2022.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 4,405

PassMark G2D 385

Rank #611

Samples 925

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.3.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce MX550. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce MX550.

Media engine

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 6th Generation Encoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 4th Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA GeForce MX550
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: No; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: Yes
AV1	Not supported	Not supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce MX550: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (6th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (4th Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce MX550 (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce MX550 (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 has 2 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 96.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 has a board power rating of 25 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce MX550?

The NVIDIA GeForce MX550 scores 4,405 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 78.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #611. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 27 fps.