GeForce GT 550M and GeForce 9600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 550M vs GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce GT 550M
590
GeForce 9600M GT
139
GeForce GT 550M
GeForce 9600M GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
N12P-GT
NB9P-GS
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
June 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
96
32
Floating-point performance
284.16 gflops
80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
32
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
11.8 billion/sec
8.000
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-