NVIDIA NVS 510 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 510 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 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 NVS 510

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 192 vs 144
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 697 vs 654
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 288 vs 111
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1211 vs 1134
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1211 vs 1134
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 October 2012 vs 27 October 2011
Pipelines 192 vs 144
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 697 vs 654
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1211 vs 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1211 vs 1134

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

  • Around 27% better floating-point performance: 388.8 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
  • Around 67% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2859 vs 1709
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 7.699 vs 6.809
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 252.895 vs 111.269
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.727 vs 0.399
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 12.581 vs 7.769
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 21.909 vs 9.522
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 976
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2827 vs 1720
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 976
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2827 vs 1720
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 388.8 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2859 vs 1709
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.699 vs 6.809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 252.895 vs 111.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.727 vs 0.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.581 vs 7.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.909 vs 9.522
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2265 vs 976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2827 vs 1720
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265 vs 976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2827 vs 1720

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 510
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
697
654
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
288
111
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1709
2859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.809
7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
111.269
252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.399
0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.769
12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.522
21.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1211
1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
976
2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1720
2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1211
1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
976
2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1720
2827
Name NVIDIA NVS 510 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
PassMark - G3D Mark 697 654
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 111
Geekbench - OpenCL 1709 2859
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.809 7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 111.269 252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.399 0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.769 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.522 21.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1211 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 976 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1720 2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1211 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 976 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1720 2827

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 510 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK107 GF106
Launch date 23 October 2012 27 October 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $449
Place in performance rating 1429 1430
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 797 MHz
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 388.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 192 144
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,170 million
Boost clock speed 753 MHz
CUDA cores Up to 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 160 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3\DDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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