GeForce GT 550M and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 550M vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GT 550M
590
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce GT 550M
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N12P-GT
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
96
48
Floating-point performance
284.16 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
11.8 billion/sec
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
+