GeForce GTX 670 and GeForce GT 550M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 670 vs GeForce GT 550M
GeForce GTX 670
5491
GeForce GT 550M
590
GeForce GTX 670
GeForce GT 550M
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GK104
N12P-GT
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
May 2012
January 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
-
Core clock speed
915 MHz
740 MHz
CUDA cores
1344
96
Floating-point performance
2,459.5 gflops
284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
3,540 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
96
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
-
Texture fill rate
102.5 billion/sec
11.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
256-bit GDDR5
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-
Optimus
-
+