NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 736 MHz
Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 58.2 GTexel / s vs 35.3 GTexel / s
2.2x more pipelines: 640 vs 288
2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,862 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 3828 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5029 vs 1572
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 458 vs 447
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7043 vs 2879
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3372
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3322
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7043 vs 2879
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3372
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3322

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 October 2016 vs 14 May 2011
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 736 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s vs 35.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 288
Floating-point performance	1,862 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz vs 3828 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5029 vs 1572
PassMark - G2D Mark	458 vs 447
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7043 vs 2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7043 vs 2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3322

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27378 vs 17470

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	27378 vs 17470

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5029

1572

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

458

447

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17470

27378

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7043

2879

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3372

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7043

2879

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3372

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3322

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	5029	1572
PassMark - G2D Mark	458	447
Geekbench - OpenCL	17470	27378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	67.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	799.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	223.683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7043	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7043	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	121

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GP107	GF114
Launch date	25 October 2016	14 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	598	601
Price now	$124.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	56.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1392 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	736 MHz
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,862 gflops	847.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	640	288
Texture fill rate	58.2 GTexel / s	35.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,300 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	210 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Width	2-slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s	91.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	3828 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
VR Ready