GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1153not rated
Place by popularity85not in top-100
Power efficiency1.51no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1GF114
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)14 May 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 cores48288
Core clock speed650 MHz736 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate6.30035.33
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPS0.8479 TFLOPS
ROPs124
TMUs648

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 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared957 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data91.87 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.80N/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 14 May 2011
Chip lithography 22 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 150 Watt

HD Graphics has an age advantage of 10 months, a 81.8% more advanced lithography process, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

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