NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM 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 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 144 vs 96
  • Around 51% better floating-point performance: 388.8 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 654 vs 389
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 72
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2827 vs 2505
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2827 vs 2505
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2011 vs 2 February 2010
Pipelines 144 vs 96
Floating-point performance 388.8 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 654 vs 389
PassMark - G2D Mark 111 vs 72
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2827 vs 2505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 vs 2505

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
654
389
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
111
72
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2827
2505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2827
2505
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 654 389
PassMark - G2D Mark 111 72
Geekbench - OpenCL 2876
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 2505
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 2505

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M NVIDIA GeForce GT 330 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF106 G92
Launch date 27 October 2011 2 February 2010
Place in performance rating 1417 1419
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 753 MHz
CUDA cores Up to 144
Floating-point performance 388.8 gflops 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 144 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 754 million
Core clock speed 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 175 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory type DDR3\DDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI