NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M vs AMD FirePro M8900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M and AMD FirePro M8900 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

AMD FirePro M8900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	27 October 2011 vs 12 April 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

6.7x more pipelines: 960 vs 144
3.4x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
6.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 2833
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.529 vs 7.438
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 760.858 vs 252.895
Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.158 vs 0.717
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 26.149 vs 12.581
5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 108.525 vs 21.909

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	960 vs 144
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 2833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529 vs 7.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858 vs 252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.158 vs 0.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	26.149 vs 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.525 vs 21.909

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M8900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2833

18738

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.438

10.529

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

252.895

760.858

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.717

1.158

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.581

26.149

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.909

108.525

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M	AMD FirePro M8900
PassMark - G3D Mark	661
PassMark - G2D Mark	112
Geekbench - OpenCL	2833	18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.438	10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	252.895	760.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.717	1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.581	26.149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	21.909	108.525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2827

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M	AMD FirePro M8900
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF106	Blackcomb
Launch date	27 October 2011	12 April 2011
Place in performance rating	1414	1416
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	753 MHz
CUDA cores	Up to 144
Floating-point performance	388.8 gflops	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	144	960
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	1,700 million
Core clock speed		680 MHz
Texture fill rate		32.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	n / a
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Form factor		MXM-B
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 API	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory type	DDR3\DDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		115 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI