GeForce GT 555M vs GTX 680MX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 680MX and GeForce GT 555M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 680MX
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 122 Watt
10.74
+532%

GTX 680MX outperforms GT 555M by a whopping 532% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking431934
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.043.33
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameno dataGF106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 October 2012 (12 years ago)27 October 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 cores1536Up to 144
Core clock speed720 MHzUp to 753 MHz
Boost clock speedno data753 MHz
Number of transistors3540 Million1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate92.2 billion/sec12.60
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3024 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data24

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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCI Express 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
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 amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 BitUp to 192 bit/128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHzUp to 1569 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 API
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan-N/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 680MX 10.74
+532%
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 680MX 4138
+533%
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 680MX 6736
+488%
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 680MX 25501
+333%
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 680MX 12232
+325%
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 680MX 36
+260%
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:

900p120−130
+532%
19
−532%
Full HD61
+144%
25
−144%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+257%
7−8
−257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Battlefield 5 30−35 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+1320%
5−6
−1320%
Hitman 3 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+263%
16−18
−263%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+91.2%
30−35
−91.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+257%
7−8
−257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Battlefield 5 30−35 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+1320%
5−6
−1320%
Hitman 3 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+263%
16−18
−263%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+133%
12−14
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+91.2%
30−35
−91.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+257%
7−8
−257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+1320%
5−6
−1320%
Hitman 3 20−22
+233%
6−7
−233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
+263%
16−18
−263%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+289%
9−10
−289%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+91.2%
30−35
−91.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+600%
7−8
−600%
Hitman 3 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+656%
9−10
−656%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Hitman 3 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+586%
7−8
−586%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%

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

  • GTX 680MX is 532% faster in 900p
  • GTX 680MX is 144% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 680MX is 1320% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.74 1.70
Recency 23 October 2012 27 October 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 680MX has a 531.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 555M, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 248.6% lower power consumption.

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


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