
GeForce GT 555M and GeForce 9600 GSO - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 555M vs GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce GT 555M
674
GeForce 9600 GSO
337
GeForce GT 555M
GeForce 9600 GSO
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N12E-GE-B
G92
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
April 2008
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
6-pin
SLI options
+
2-way
Boost clock speed
753 MHz
-
Core clock speed
Up to 753 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
Up to 144
96
Floating-point performance
388.8 gflops
264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,170 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
144
96
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
Up to 16.2 billion/sec
26.4 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3\DDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
384 MB
Memory bus width
Up to 192 bit/128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 1569 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
Up to 50.2 GB/s
38.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
-