Radeon Pro 555X vs GeForce GTX 880M

Place in performance ranking	422	473
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.98	1.72
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	N15E-GX-A2	Polaris 21
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	5 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price	$1544	$894

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro 555X has 76% better value for money than GTX 880M.

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 cores	1536	768
CUDA cores	1536	no data
Core clock speed	954 MHz	855 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	122 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	127.1	43.54
Floating-point performance	3,050 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 880M and Radeon Pro 555X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	no data

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	8 GB	4 GB
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2500 MHz	5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	81.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP content protection	+	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync	no data	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 880M 9.85
+17.5%

Pro 555X 8.38

GeForce GTX 880M outperforms Radeon Pro 555X by 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 880M 3803
+17.6%

Pro 555X 3235

GeForce GTX 880M outperforms Radeon Pro 555X by 18% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 880M 14742
+17.7%

Pro 555X 12528

GeForce GTX 880M outperforms Radeon Pro 555X by 18% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 880M 13675
+3.4%

Pro 555X 13219

GeForce GTX 880M outperforms Radeon Pro 555X by 3% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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	135 +22.7%	110−120 −22.7%
Full HD	57 +26.7%	45−50 −26.7%
4K	24 +33.3%	18−21 −33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Battlefield 5	30−35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30	no data
Forza Horizon 4	45−50	no data
Hitman 3	18−20	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Metro Exodus	30−33	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Battlefield 5	30−35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30	no data
Forza Horizon 4	45−50	no data
Hitman 3	18−20	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Metro Exodus	30−33	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	34	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	no data
Far Cry 5	21−24	no data
Forza Horizon 4	45−50	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	16−18	no data
Forza Horizon 4	18−20	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22	no data
Metro Exodus	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8	no data
Hitman 3	6−7	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	5−6	no data
Forza Horizon 4	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11	no data
Metro Exodus	10−11	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	no data