NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

GeForce GT 550M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 5 January 2011. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF108.

Core clock speed - 740 MHz. Texture fill rate - 11.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 284.16 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 585 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 900 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 28.8 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
568
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
116
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
2351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
4.651 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
213.211 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
0.624 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
10.521 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
23.978 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1056 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1790 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1352 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1056.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1790.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1352.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 568
PassMark - G2D Mark 116
Geekbench - OpenCL 2351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 4.651 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 213.211 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.624 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 10.521 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 23.978 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1056 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1790 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1352 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1056.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1790.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1352.000 Fps

Games performance

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768205.85
Medium, 1360x76849.40
High, 1360x76836.55
Ultra, 1920x108018.90

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x60082.60
Medium, 1360x76844.25
High, 1600x90014.90

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480340.00
High, 1024x76876.40
Ultra, 1920x108031.10

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600192.90
Medium, 1024x76896.35

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768130.50
Medium, 1024x76858.00
High, 1024x76834.20
Ultra, 1920x10808.00

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600254.50
Medium, 1024x76873.00
High, 1024x76843.00
Ultra, 1920x108016.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768198.70

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600210.60
Medium, 1024x768134.40
High, 1280x102467.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF108
Launch date 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1508
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 740 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 11.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus