GeForce GT 555M 3 GB: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GT 555M 3 GB sales 24 March 2011. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Fermi architecture and made with 40 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 3 GB of DDR3 memory clocked at 1.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 43.2 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated video card. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 35 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GT 555M 3 GB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | |
| GPU code name | GF106 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 24 March 2011 (13 years ago) |
Technical specs
GeForce GT 555M 3 GB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 555M 3 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 144 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 590 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 14.16 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 555M 3 GB and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Width | IGP | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 555M 3 GB: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MBps | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 43.2 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 555M 3 GB. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GT 555M 3 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 2.1 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 555M 3 GB is Radeon HD 5550.
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