GeForce GT 555M and GeForce GTS 160M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 555M vs GeForce GTS 160M
GeForce GT 555M
674
GeForce GTS 160M
698
GeForce GT 555M
GeForce GTS 160M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
N12E-GE-B
N10E-GS1
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
March 2009
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options
+
2-way
MXM Type
-
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Boost clock speed
753 MHz
-
Core clock speed
Up to 753 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
Up to 144
64
Floating-point performance
388.8 gflops
192 gflops
Gigaflops
-
288
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
1,170 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
144
64
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
Up to 16.2 billion/sec
19 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3\DDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
Up to 192 bit/128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 1569 MHz
Up to 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
Up to 50.2 GB/s
51 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI
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
+
-
Power management
-
8.0