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: 653 vs 300
- Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 112 vs 82
- 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2915 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
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 27 October 2011 vs 15 June 2011 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 653 vs 300 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 112 vs 82 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2915 vs 748 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1134 vs 644 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2265 vs 1577 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1134 vs 644 |
| 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
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 320 vs 144 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm vs 40 nm |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3134 vs 2827 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3134 vs 2827 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6520G
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M | AMD Radeon HD 6520G |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 653 | 300 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 112 | 82 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2915 | 748 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 7.699 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 252.895 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.727 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 12.581 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 21.909 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1134 | 644 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2265 | 1577 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2827 | 3134 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1134 | 644 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2265 | 1577 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2827 | 3134 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M | AMD Radeon HD 6520G | |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Terascale 2 |
| Code name | GF106 | Llano |
| Launch date | 27 October 2011 | 15 June 2011 |
| Place in performance rating | 1424 | 1425 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
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| Boost clock speed | 753 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | Up to 144 | |
| Floating-point performance | 388.8 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Pipelines | 144 | 320 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 1,170 million | 1000 Million |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 11 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | |
| Memory type | DDR3\DDR5 | |
| Shared memory | 0 | 1 |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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