NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 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 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 3x more pipelines: 144 vs 48
- 2.5x better floating-point performance: 388.8 gflops vs 156 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 654 vs 323
- Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 70
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 27 October 2011 vs 12 October 2009 |
| Pipelines | 144 vs 48 |
| Floating-point performance | 388.8 gflops vs 156 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 75 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 654 vs 323 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 111 vs 70 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
- 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6073 vs 2860
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 2827
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 2827
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 6073 vs 2860 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3233 vs 2827 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3233 vs 2827 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 654 | 323 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 111 | 70 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2860 | 6073 |
| 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 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2265 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2827 | 3233 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1134 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2265 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2827 | 3233 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla |
| Code name | GF106 | G94B |
| Launch date | 27 October 2011 | 12 October 2009 |
| Place in performance rating | 1419 | 1422 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $43.99 | |
| Price now | $43.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 13.94 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 753 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | Up to 144 | |
| Floating-point performance | 388.8 gflops | 156 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 144 | 48 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,170 million | 505 million |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | |
| Texture fill rate | 15.6 GTexel / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 10.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3\DDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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