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 72% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4947 vs 2876
• 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

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 545
• 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

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	545 654
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	193 111
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4947 2876
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

Compare specifications (specs)