AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 780 MHz vs 753 MHz
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 320 vs 144
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 111
  • Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4947 vs 2860
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.569 vs 7.699
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.009 vs 0.727
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.668 vs 12.581
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 77.819 vs 21.909
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2013 vs 27 October 2011
Boost clock speed 780 MHz vs 753 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 144
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 vs 111
Geekbench - OpenCL 4947 vs 2860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 vs 7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 vs 0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 vs 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 vs 21.909

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 654 vs 544
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 252.895 vs 162.886
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1134 vs 1119
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 1284
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2827 vs 2264
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1134 vs 1119
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 1284
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2827 vs 2264
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 654 vs 544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 252.895 vs 162.886
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1134 vs 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2265 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2827 vs 2264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1134 vs 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 vs 2264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
544
654
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
193
111
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4947
2860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.569
7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.886
252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.009
0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.668
12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
77.819
21.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1119
1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
2827
Name AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
PassMark - G3D Mark 544 654
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 111
Geekbench - OpenCL 4947 2860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569 7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.886 252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009 0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819 21.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 2827

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Oland GF106
Launch date 1 November 2013 27 October 2011
Place in performance rating 1414 1417
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz 753 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 388.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 144
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores Up to 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3\DDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI