Intel HD Graphics 515 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 753 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 191 vs 111
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 27 October 2011
Boost clock speed 950 MHz vs 753 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 191 vs 111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

  • 6x more pipelines: 144 vs 24
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 654 vs 633
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1134 vs 455
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1134 vs 455
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 881
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 881
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2827 vs 1657
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2827 vs 1657
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 144 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 654 vs 633
Geekbench - OpenCL 2859 vs 2848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1134 vs 455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1134 vs 455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2265 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2827 vs 1657
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 vs 1657

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
191
111
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
633
654
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2848
2859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
455
1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
455
1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
881
2265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
881
2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1657
2827
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1657
2827
Name Intel HD Graphics 515 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
PassMark - G2D Mark 191 111
PassMark - G3D Mark 633 654
Geekbench - OpenCL 2848 2859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 455 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 455 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 881 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 881 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1657 2827
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1657 2827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.909

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 515 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Fermi
Code name Skylake GT2 GF106
Launch date 1 September 2015 27 October 2011
Place in performance rating 1427 1430
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz 753 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 91.20 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 729.6 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 364.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines 24 144
Pixel fill rate 2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 22.80 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
CUDA cores Up to 144
Floating-point performance 388.8 gflops
Transistor count 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 12 API
OpenCL 2.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 DDR3\DDR5
Shared memory Yes 0

Technologies

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