GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and GeForce GT 550M - video card comparison
GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
GeForce GT 550M
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
NB9E-GT
N12P-GT
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
July 2008
January 2011
Interface
-
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
740 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
-
284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1508 Million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
96
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
11.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
No outputs
DirectX
10
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
-
1.1
OpenGL
-
4.5
Shader Model
-
5.1
Vulkan
-
N/A
Optimus
-
+