NVIDIA GeForce 800M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 800M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 800M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
• Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 195 vs 116
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.91 vs 4.651
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1601 vs 1352
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1601 vs 1352

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

• 2x more texture fill rate: 11.8 billion / sec vs 5.904 GTexel / s
• 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
• 2x better floating-point performance: 284.16 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 562 vs 477
• Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2351 vs 1303
• Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 213.211 vs 109.13
• Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.521 vs 7.249
• Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.978 vs 15.218
• Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1056 vs 703
• Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1790 vs 1123
• Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1056 vs 703
• Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1790 vs 1123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	477 562
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	195 116
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	1303 2351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.91 4.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	109.13 213.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7.249 10.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.218 23.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	703 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1123 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1601 1352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	703 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1123 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1601 1352

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