GeForce GT 550M and GeForce 6600 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 550M vs GeForce 6600
GeForce GT 550M
590
GeForce 6600
89
GeForce GT 550M
GeForce 6600
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
N12P-GT
NV43 A2
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
August 2004
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 MHz
300 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
284.16 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
146 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
-
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
11.8 billion/sec
2.400
Memory type
DDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
12 API
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-