NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 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 4 month(s) later
• Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 11.8 billion / sec vs 6.0 billion / sec
• Around 48% better floating-point performance: 284.16 gflops vs 192 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
• Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
• Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 573 vs 405
• Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 90
• Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2352 vs 1583
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.651 vs 4.277
• Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 213.211 vs 162.162
• Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.624 vs 0.426
• Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.978 vs 12.306
• Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1056 vs 737
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1790 vs 1731
• Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1056 vs 737
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1790 vs 1731

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

• Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 740 MHz
• Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2906 vs 1352
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2906 vs 1352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	573 405
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	119 90
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2352 1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.651 4.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	213.211 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.624 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	23.978 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1056 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1352 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1056 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1352 2906

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