NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher core clock speed: 740 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 11.8 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 96 vs 24
  • 3.6x better floating-point performance: 284.16 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 573 vs 106
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 35
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1790 vs 1458
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1790 vs 1458
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2011 vs 3 March 2010
Core clock speed 740 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 11.8 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 24
Floating-point performance 284.16 gflops vs 80 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 573 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1790 vs 1458
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1790 vs 1458

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 76% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3307 vs 2351
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1774 vs 1352
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1774 vs 1352
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 3307 vs 2351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1774 vs 1352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1774 vs 1352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
573
106
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
35
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2351
3307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1790
1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1352
1774
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1790
1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1352
1774
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark 573 106
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 2351 3307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 213.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1790 1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1352 1774
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1790 1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1352 1774

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF108 GT216
Launch date 5 January 2011 3 March 2010
Place in performance rating 1508 1510
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 740 MHz 500 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 284.16 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 24
Texture fill rate 11.8 billion / sec 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 486 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1580 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
HybridPower
PCI-E 2.0