NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M videocard review

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

38436

562

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

116

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

342287

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

98.472 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

3080.809 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	562
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

1. StarCraft 2 (2010)
2. Metro 2033 (2010)
3. Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)
4. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

5. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
6. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
7. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
8. World of Warcraft (2005)

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	205.85
Medium, 1360x768	49.40
High, 1360x768	36.55
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.90

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	82.60
Medium, 1360x768	44.25
High, 1600x900	14.90

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480	340.00
High, 1024x768	76.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	31.10

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600	192.90
Medium, 1024x768	96.35

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	130.50
Medium, 1024x768	58.00
High, 1024x768	34.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	8.00

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600	254.50
Medium, 1024x768	73.00
High, 1024x768	43.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	16.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

198.70

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600	210.60
Medium, 1024x768	134.40
High, 1280x1024	67.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi
Code name	GF108
Launch date	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1509
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
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