GeForce GT 555M 2 GB vs GTX 1070 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking193not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.29no data
Power efficiency17.44no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGP104BGF116
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)26 March 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$389.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048144
CUDA cores1920no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz675 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate210.616.20
Floating-point processing power6.738 TFLOPS0.3888 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs12824

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed8 GB/s900 MHz
Memory bandwidth256 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 26 March 2012
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 1070 Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

GT 555M 2 GB, on the other hand, has 242.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and GeForce GT 555M 2 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GT 555M 2 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
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