GeForce GTX 560 and GeForce GT 550M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 560 vs GeForce GT 550M
GeForce GTX 560
2822
GeForce GT 550M
590
GeForce GTX 560
GeForce GT 550M
Architecture
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GF114
N12P-GT
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
May 2011
January 2011
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
810 MHz
740 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
1,088.6 gflops
284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
96
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
99 °C
-
Texture fill rate
45.36
11.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.1
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
-
+