NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M vs ATI Radeon HD 5670

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M and ATI Radeon HD 5670 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 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 64 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 4.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2860 vs 610
  • Around 97% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 7.699 vs 3.914
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 252.895 vs 184.557
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.727 vs 0.319
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 1129
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2827 vs 2113
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 1129
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2827 vs 2113
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2011 vs 14 January 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 64 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2860 vs 610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.699 vs 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 252.895 vs 184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.727 vs 0.319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2265 vs 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2827 vs 2113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265 vs 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 vs 2113

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5670

  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 775 MHz vs 753 MHz
  • 2.8x more pipelines: 400 vs 144
  • Around 59% better floating-point performance: 620.0 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 803 vs 654
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 288 vs 111
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 27.325 vs 21.909
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1462 vs 1134
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1462 vs 1134
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 775 MHz vs 753 MHz
Pipelines 400 vs 144
Floating-point performance 620.0 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 803 vs 654
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 vs 111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.627 vs 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.325 vs 21.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1462 vs 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1462 vs 1134

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5670

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
654
803
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
111
288
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2860
610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.699
3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
252.895
184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.727
0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.581
12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.909
27.325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1134
1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2265
1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2827
2113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1134
1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2265
1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2827
2113
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M ATI Radeon HD 5670
PassMark - G3D Mark 654 803
PassMark - G2D Mark 111 288
Geekbench - OpenCL 2860 610
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.699 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 252.895 184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.727 0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.581 12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.909 27.325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1134 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2265 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2827 2113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1134 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 2113
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M ATI Radeon HD 5670

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF106 Redwood
Launch date 27 October 2011 14 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1417 1420
Type Laptop Desktop
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $119

Technical info

Boost clock speed 753 MHz 775 MHz
CUDA cores Up to 144
Floating-point performance 388.8 gflops 620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 144 400
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 64 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 627 million
Core clock speed 775 MHz
Stream Processors 400
Texture fill rate 15.5 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
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 64 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz

Technologies

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