GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce GT 555M 3 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 960M
GeForce GT 555M 3 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N16P-GX
GF106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2015
March 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1202 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1096 MHz
590 MHz
CUDA cores
640
-
Floating-point performance
1,505 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
1,170 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
144
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
47.04
14.16
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth
80 GB/s
43.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Portable Device Dependent
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-