GeForce GT 555M 3 GB vs GTS 240 OEM

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG92BGF106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 July 2009 (15 years ago)24 March 2011 (13 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 cores112144
Core clock speed675 MHz590 MHz
Number of transistors754 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8014.16
Floating-point processing power0.3629 TFLOPS0.3398 TFLOPS
ROPs1624
TMUs5624

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/s43.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.12.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2009 24 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

GT 555M 3 GB has an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 242.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 240 OEM and GeForce GT 555M 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 240 OEM is a desktop card while GeForce GT 555M 3 GB is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 3 GB
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