GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile vs GT 555M 2 GB
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 126 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 59.01 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GF116 | GB207 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 26 March 2012 (13 years ago) | 24 June 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 144 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 2235 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 16.20 | 201.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3888 TFLOPS | 12.9 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 2.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 32 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 March 2012 | 24 June 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 50 Watt |
GT 555M 2 GB has 42.9% lower power consumption.
RTX 5050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 555M 2 GB and GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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