GeForce GT 745M and GeForce GT 550M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 745M vs GeForce GT 550M
GeForce GT 745M
1125
GeForce GT 550M
590
GeForce GT 745M
GeForce GT 550M
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N14P-LP/GS
N12P-GT
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
April 2013
January 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
837 MHz
740 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
642.8 gflops
284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
96
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
17.57
11.8 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
DDR3/GDDR5
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
-
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
-
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
-
HDCP content protection
+
-
HDMI
+
-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 API
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
-
Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
-