GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop vs GeForce MX550
VS
Nvidia GeForce MX550
TU117
We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 4 GB with 16 pipelines and 2048 shaders against the 1 year newer GeForce MX550 2 GB that utilizes 8 pipelines and 1024 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.3x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.6x higher maximum theoretical performance (7.1 vs 2.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 2.3x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 32 vs 14 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 8 nm process technology
- Ray-tracing support with 16 dedicated RT cores
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 75 44 34 21 |
28 16 14 - |
| The Witcher 3 | 68 53 38 20 |
25 19 14 - |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 115 80 54 23 |
48 29 20 9 |
| Far Cry 6 | 60 52 40 17 |
32 29 18 10 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 37 28 23 12 |
20 12 11 - |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 48 37 27 16 |
29 23 16 10 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 37 28 18 10 |
16 - 9 - |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 36 35 19 - |
14 11 - - |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 66 62 39 18 |
27 23 16 - |
| 1080p High | 60 | 27 |
| 1080p Ultra | 47 | 19 |
| 1440p Ultra | 32 | 14 |
| 4K Ultra | 16 | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 4884 | 2378 |
| Solar Bay | 21596 | - |
| Port Royal | 552 | - |
| Fire Strike | 12571 | 5959 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 9400 | 5060 |
| Night Raid | 53685 | 29231 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 88.6 img/sec | 70.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 57.3 img/sec | 37 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.53 Gpixels/sec | 1.28 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.33 Gpixels/sec | 1.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.55 Gpixels/sec | 1.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.76 Gpixels/sec | 0.55 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 256.5 Gpixels/sec | 180.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 7465.5 FPS | 5147.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 493 | 384 |
| DirectX 11 | 71 FPS | 33 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 46 FPS | 27 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 3868 Ops/s | 2145 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-31 (bobschieffer) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 61418 |
| 📘 2026-08-29 (bobschieffer) | Cinebench 2024 | 3654 |
| 📘 2026-08-13 -> Kushagra_Aggarwal | Steel Nomad Light | 5735 |
| 📘 2026-01-26 (rar) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 68364 |
GeForce MX550
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 4349 | 1833 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 11416 | 3301 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 8973 | 4390 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 18927 | 5360 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 34631 | 15739 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2269 | 1514 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3539 | 1827 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 5046 | 2338 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 15772 | 8861 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 75260 | 37895 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop and GeForce MX550General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 1, 2021 | January 1, 2022 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
| GPU Codename | GA107 | TU117 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon 760M |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop | - |
| Recommended CPU | - | - Intel Core i7 1260P or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (93rd and 122nd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 712-1530 MHz (configurable) | 1065 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1057-1740 MHz (configurable) | 1320 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 32 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 40 | 16 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 16 | 8 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 16 | No |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 42-70 GPixel/s | 21 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 68-111 GTexel/s | 42 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 35-95 W (configurable) | 25 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 8.7 billion | 4.7 billion |
| Transistor Density | 43.5 MTr/mm² | 23.5 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 12000 Mbps | 12000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 64-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 7.5 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4 |
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