GeForce GTX 260M and GeForce GT 555M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260M vs GeForce GT 555M
GeForce GTX 260M
390
GeForce GT 555M
674
GeForce GTX 260M
GeForce GT 555M
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N10E-GT
N12E-GE-B
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2009
January 2011
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
PCI Express 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
550 MHz
Up to 753 MHz
CUDA cores
112
Up to 144
Floating-point performance
308 gflops
388.8 gflops
Gigaflops
462
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
144
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
31 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
Up to 950 MHz
Up to 1569 MHz
Memory bandwidth
61 GB/s
Up to 50.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
No outputs
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
2.1
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
Optimus
-
+
Power management
8.0
-