Radeon Pro W5300M vs GeForce GT 555M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 998 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.40 | no data |
| 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 | no data |
| 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 | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| 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 W5300M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 555M and Radeon Pro W5300M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 555M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro W5300M is a mobile workstation one.
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