Radeon Pro 5300M vs GeForce GT 555M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 555M with Radeon Pro 5300M, including specs and performance data.
Pro 5300M outperforms 555M by a whopping 803% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 998 | 402 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.40 | 12.64 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | GF106 | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 27 October 2011 (14 years ago) | 13 November 2019 (6 years 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 | Up to 144 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | Up to 753 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 753 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 85 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 12.60 | 100.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3024 TFLOPS | 3.2 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 24 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 2 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 | large | medium sized |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
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\DDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | Up to 192 bit/128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 1569 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 50.2 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Blu-Ray | + | - |
| 3D Gaming | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| 900p | 19
−795%
| 170−180
+795%
|
| Full HD | 25
−780%
| 220−230
+780%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−7900%
|
80−85
+7900%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−900%
|
30−33
+900%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−333%
|
24−27
+333%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−1967%
|
60−65
+1967%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−7900%
|
80−85
+7900%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−900%
|
30−33
+900%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| Fortnite | 5−6
−1520%
|
80−85
+1520%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−556%
|
55−60
+556%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3
−2100%
|
40−45
+2100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−333%
|
24−27
+333%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−420%
|
50−55
+420%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−231%
|
110−120
+231%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−1967%
|
60−65
+1967%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2
−7900%
|
80−85
+7900%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 30−35
−468%
|
190−200
+468%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−900%
|
30−33
+900%
|
| Dota 2 | 18−20
−379%
|
90−95
+379%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| Fortnite | 5−6
−1520%
|
80−85
+1520%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−556%
|
55−60
+556%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3
−2100%
|
40−45
+2100%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2−3
−2600%
|
50−55
+2600%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−333%
|
24−27
+333%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−1400%
|
30−33
+1400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−420%
|
50−55
+420%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
−443%
|
35−40
+443%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−231%
|
110−120
+231%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−1967%
|
60−65
+1967%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−900%
|
30−33
+900%
|
| Dota 2 | 18−20
−379%
|
90−95
+379%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
−1050%
|
45−50
+1050%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10
−556%
|
55−60
+556%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 6−7
−333%
|
24−27
+333%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11
−420%
|
50−55
+420%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
−443%
|
35−40
+443%
|
| Valorant | 35−40
−231%
|
110−120
+231%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 5−6
−1520%
|
80−85
+1520%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5
−575%
|
27−30
+575%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10−12
−864%
|
100−110
+864%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 16−18
−738%
|
130−140
+738%
|
| Valorant | 9−10
−1522%
|
140−150
+1522%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−1100%
|
12−14
+1100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−1450%
|
30−35
+1450%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−750%
|
30−35
+750%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2
−1400%
|
14−16
+1400%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−567%
|
20−22
+567%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 3−4
−933%
|
30−35
+933%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−92.9%
|
27−30
+92.9%
|
| Valorant | 8−9
−875%
|
75−80
+875%
|
4K
Ultra
| Dota 2 | 2−3
−2450%
|
50−55
+2450%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−600%
|
14−16
+600%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 3−4
−367%
|
14−16
+367%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
This is how GT 555M and Pro 5300M compete in popular games:
- Pro 5300M is 795% faster in 900p
- Pro 5300M is 780% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the Pro 5300M is 7900% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Pro 5300M performs better in 53 tests (80%)
- there's a draw in 13 tests (20%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.55 | 13.99 |
| Recency | 27 October 2011 | 13 November 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 85 Watt |
GT 555M has 142.9% lower power consumption.
Pro 5300M, on the other hand, has a 802.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon Pro 5300M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 555M in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GT 555M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 5300M is a mobile workstation one.
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