NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M videocard review

GeForce GT 555M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 27 October 2011. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF106.

Boost clock speed - 753 MHz. Pipelines - 144. Floating-point performance - 388.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,170 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3\DDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38287

653

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1401

112

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

346719

2915

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

7.699 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

252.895 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

98.472 Frames/s

0.727 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

12.581 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

3080.809 mHash/s

21.909 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

1134 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

2265 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

2827 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

1134.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

2265.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

2827.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	653
PassMark - G2D Mark	112
Geekbench - OpenCL	2915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	7.699 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	252.895 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	0.727 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	12.581 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	21.909 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	1134 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	2265 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2827 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	1134.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	2265.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2827.000 Fps

Games performance

1. Dirt Showdown (2012)
2. Diablo III (2012)
3. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

5. Battlefield 3 (2011)
6. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)
7. StarCraft 2 (2010)
8. Metro 2033 (2010)
9. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	66.60
Medium, 1366x768	61.40
High, 1366x768	37.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.90

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	119.40
Medium, 1366x768	61.20
High, 1366x768	39.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.70

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	59.00
High, 1366x768	48.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.20

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	44.50
Medium, 1366x768	35.50
High, 1366x768	25.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.40

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	49.20
Medium, 1366x768	32.30
High, 1366x768	24.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	9.80

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768	129.10
High, 1366x768	51.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	19.80

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	198.40
Medium, 1360x768	57.25
High, 1360x768	42.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	23.25

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	66.70
Medium, 1360x768	39.20
High, 1600x900	19.15
Ultra, 1920x1080	6.90

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600	220.25
Medium, 1024x768	119.05

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi
Code name	GF106
Launch date	27 October 2011
Place in performance rating	1424
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	753 MHz
CUDA cores	Up to 144
Floating-point performance	388.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12 API
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory type	DDR3\DDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI