GeForce GT 550M and Sandy Bridge GT2+ - video card comparison
GeForce GT 550M
Sandy Bridge GT2+
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code name
N12P-GT
Sandy Bridge GT2+
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Core clock speed
740 MHz
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CUDA cores
96
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Floating-point performance
284.16 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
32 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
1,160 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
96
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
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Texture fill rate
11.8 billion/sec
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Memory type
DDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
900 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
No outputs
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DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
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OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
4.5
3.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
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