GeForce GT 555M 2 GB vs GT 730M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking871not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.38no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK107GF116
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date20 January 2013 (11 years ago)26 March 2012 (12 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 cores384144
Core clock speed725 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate23.2016.20
Floating-point processing power0.5568 TFLOPS0.3888 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3224

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
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3/GDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 January 2013 26 March 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt

GT 730M has an age advantage of 9 months, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 6.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730M and GeForce GT 555M 2 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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