Nvidia GeForce MX550 barely beats out AMD's Vega integrated graphics GPU in benchmark
Date:
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:18:44 +0000
Description:
In a recent benchmark test from Passmark, Nvidias GeForce MX550 just barely surpasses AMD's Ryzen 9 5900HS Vega iGPU.
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It seems that the Nvidia GeForce MX550 , Nvidias latest low-end discrete GPU for laptops, might not be worth its space in a laptop. Despite the laptop GPU being based on a Turing GPU, it just barely beats out AMD 's Ryzen 9 5900HS Vega iGPU.
A leaked Passmark result was spotted by known leaker TUM_APISAK on Twitter, and sees the GPU score 5,014 points. On the G3D Mark test, the Ryzen 9 5900HS Vega iGPU scored a 4968, which means the MX550 outperformed it by about 0.9%, which is within the margin of error. MX550
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The GeForce MX550 only has a single test and the Ryzen 9 5900HS has nine samples, due to the former likely being an engineering sample, so you should take these results with a grain of salt.
Regardless, what makes these results so significant is that the Ryzen 9
5900HS uses an integrated Vega GPU, while the MX550 is a discrete GPU, which would sap battery life and be more expensive than just getting a device without a dedicated graphics processor.
And yet AMDs iGPU is still comparable. Thats not to mention that AMD 6000 mobile processors with RDNA integrated graphics were announced at CES 2022 .
This calls into question why integrated graphics are even needed, especially considering that the MX550 doesnt feature raytracing and DLSS support. Of course, thats a non-issue for the GPU since its made for everyday use rather than gaming.
Via Wccftech
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/nvidia-geforce-mx550-barely-beats-out-amds-vega -integrated-graphics-gpu-in-benchmark/
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