GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GT 555M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GT 555M
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GT 555M
674
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GT 555M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM206
N12E-GE-B
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2015
January 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
753 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
Up to 753 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
Up to 144
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
388.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
144
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
Up to 16.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3\DDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
Up to 192 bit/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
Up to 1569 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
Up to 50.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
-
+