GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs 560 SE

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking596not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.12no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF114GF114
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 February 2012 (12 years ago)14 May 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89.99 no data
Current price$703 (7.8x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores288288
Core clock speed736 MHz736 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate35.3335.33
Floating-point performance847.9 gflops847.9 gflops

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
Length210 mm210 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed3828 MHz3828 MHz
Memory bandwidth91.87 GB/s91.87 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 mini-HDMI2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.12.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 February 2012 14 May 2011

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 SE and GeForce GTX 555 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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