GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce GT 555M 3 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GT 555M 3 GB
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
G92B
GF106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
March 2011
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
738 MHz
590 MHz
CUDA cores
128
-
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
144
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
14.16
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
43.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.0
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A