NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M vs AMD Radeon HD 6570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M and AMD Radeon HD 6570 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 753 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 40 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 654 vs 552
  • Around 85% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2859 vs 1549
  • Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 7.699 vs 4.278
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.727 vs 0.464
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 1044
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2827 vs 2716
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 1044
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2827 vs 2716
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2011 vs 7 February 2011
Boost clock speed 753 MHz vs 650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 654 vs 552
Geekbench - OpenCL 2859 vs 1549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.699 vs 4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.727 vs 0.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2265 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2827 vs 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 vs 2716

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570

  • 3.3x more pipelines: 480 vs 144
  • Around 60% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 111
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 255.525 vs 252.895
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 13.633 vs 12.581
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 59.183 vs 21.909
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1296 vs 1134
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1296 vs 1134
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 144
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 vs 111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 255.525 vs 252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.633 vs 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 59.183 vs 21.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1296 vs 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1296 vs 1134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6570

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
654
552
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
111
217
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2859
1549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.699
4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
252.895
255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.727
0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.581
13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.909
59.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1134
1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2265
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2827
2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1134
1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2265
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2827
2716
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M AMD Radeon HD 6570
PassMark - G3D Mark 654 552
PassMark - G2D Mark 111 217
Geekbench - OpenCL 2859 1549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.699 4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 252.895 255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.727 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.581 13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.909 59.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1134 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2265 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2827 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1134 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 2716
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 846

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M AMD Radeon HD 6570

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF106 Thames
Launch date 27 October 2011 7 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1430 1432
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 19.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 753 MHz 650 MHz
CUDA cores Up to 144
Floating-point performance 388.8 gflops 624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 144 480
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 716 million
Stream Processors 480
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 11
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory type DDR3\DDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)