
GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce GT 555M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce GT 555M
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce GT 555M
674
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GT 555M
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
G92B
N12E-GE-B
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2009
January 2011
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
-
753 MHz
Core clock speed
738 MHz
Up to 753 MHz
CUDA cores
128
Up to 144
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
388.8 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
Up to 16.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3\DDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Up to 192 bit/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
Up to 1569 MHz
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
Up to 50.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.0
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
Optimus
-
+