ATI Radeon HD 5550 vs GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition with Radeon HD 5550, including specs and performance data.
755M Mac Edition outperforms HD 5550 by a whopping 116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 936 | 1179 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.06 | 1.82 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | Redwood |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 November 2013 (12 years ago) | 9 February 2010 (16 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 | 384 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 1085 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 39 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 34.72 | 8.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8333 TFLOPS | 0.352 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 32 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | 32 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 256 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 165 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 51.2 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.99 | 0.92 |
| Recency | 8 November 2013 | 9 February 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 39 Watt |
GT 755M Mac Edition has a 116% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 5550, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 28% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5550 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 5550 is a desktop one.
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