GeForce GT 555M 2 GB vs Radeon R8 M445DX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking941not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameMesoGF116
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 May 2016 (9 years ago)26 March 2012 (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 cores320144
Core clock speed780 MHz675 MHz
Boost clock speed1021 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate20.4216.20
Floating-point processing power0.6534 TFLOPS0.3888 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2024
L1 Cache80 KB128 KB
L2 Cache128 KB256 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.05.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2016 26 March 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

R8 M445DX has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R8 M445DX and GeForce GT 555M 2 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

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