NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M vs AMD Radeon HD 6520G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M and AMD Radeon HD 6520G 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 555M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
• 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 661 vs 300
• Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 112 vs 81
• 3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2833 vs 748
• Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1134 vs 644
• Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 1577
• Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1134 vs 644
• Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 1577

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6520G

• 2.2x more pipelines: 320 vs 144
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3134 vs 2827
• Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3134 vs 2827

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6520G

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	661 300
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	112 81
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2833 748
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1134 644
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2265 1577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2827 3134
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1134 644
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2265 1577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2827 3134

Compare specifications (specs)