GeForce GT 555M vs GTX 680

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 680 with GeForce GT 555M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 680
2012
2048 MB GDDR5, 195 Watt
14.45
+750%

GTX 680 outperforms GT 555M by a whopping 750% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking361934
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.03no data
Power efficiency5.083.33
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK104GF106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)27 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 cores1536Up to 144
Core clock speed1006 MHzUp to 753 MHz
Boost clock speed1058 MHz753 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate135.412.60
Floating-point processing power3.25 TFLOPS0.3024 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length254 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
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\DDR5
Maximum RAM amount2048 MB3 GB
Memory bus width256-bit GDDR5Up to 192 bit/128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHzUp to 1569 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/sUp to 50.2 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray-+
3D Gaming-+
Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 API
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.24.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 680 14.45
+750%
GT 555M 1.70

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTX 680 5567
+751%
GT 555M 654

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 680 10217
+791%
GT 555M 1146

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 680 29702
+405%
GT 555M 5884

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.

GTX 680 18403
+540%
GT 555M 2876

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 680 54
+440%
GT 555M 10

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:

900p45
+137%
19
−137%
Full HD74
+196%
25
−196%
4K23
+1050%
2−3
−1050%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.74no data
4K21.70no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Battlefield 5 45−50 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+1600%
2−3
−1600%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+875%
4−5
−875%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+1780%
5−6
−1780%
Hitman 3 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+363%
16−18
−363%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+880%
5−6
−880%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+1233%
3−4
−1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+422%
9−10
−422%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+124%
30−35
−124%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Battlefield 5 45−50 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+1600%
2−3
−1600%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+875%
4−5
−875%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+1780%
5−6
−1780%
Hitman 3 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+363%
16−18
−363%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+880%
5−6
−880%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+1233%
3−4
−1233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+422%
9−10
−422%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 94
+683%
12−14
−683%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+124%
30−35
−124%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+371%
7−8
−371%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+1600%
2−3
−1600%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+1780%
5−6
−1780%
Hitman 3 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+363%
16−18
−363%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+422%
9−10
−422%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+83.3%
12−14
−83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+124%
30−35
−124%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+1233%
3−4
−1233%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+825%
8−9
−825%
Hitman 3 16−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+480%
5−6
−480%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+889%
9−10
−889%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Hitman 3 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+788%
8−9
−788%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%

This is how GTX 680 and GT 555M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 680 is 137% faster in 900p
  • GTX 680 is 196% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 680 is 1050% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 680 is 1780% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 680 surpassed GT 555M in all 51 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.45 1.70
Recency 22 March 2012 27 October 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2048 MB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 680 has a 750% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 555M, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 457.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 680 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 555M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 680 is a desktop card while GeForce GT 555M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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