Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 5500

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 15.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 781 vs 51
  • 16x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 754 vs 47
  • 23.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 59.6
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 September 2014 vs 8 November 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 781 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 754 vs 47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1397 vs 59.6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition

  • 10.9x more core clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 100 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.243 vs 3.422
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 393.811 vs 195.811
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3011 vs 781
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2916 vs 754
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 1397
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1085 MHz vs 100 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.243 vs 3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 393.811 vs 195.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3011 vs 781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2916 vs 754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335 vs 1397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.422
10.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
195.811
393.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
781
3011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
754
2916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1397
3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
781
51
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
754
47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1397
59.6
Name Intel HD Graphics 5500 NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 590
PassMark - G2D Mark 233
Geekbench - OpenCL 2263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.422 10.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.811 393.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 781 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 754 2916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1397 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 781 51
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 754 47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1397 59.6
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.139

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 5500 NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Kepler
Code name Broadwell GT2 GK107
Launch date 5 September 2014 8 November 2013
Place in performance rating 1486 1489
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
Core clock speed 100 MHz 1085 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,270 million
Floating-point performance 833.3 gflops
Texture fill rate 34.72 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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