AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
762
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Fermi
Baffin
Code name
GF106
Desktop
Type
Laptop
no data
Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$78
Price now
$310
4.0
GCN generation
no data
no data
Value for money
0.10
Baffin
GPU code name
N12E-GE-B
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
144
855 MHz
Core clock speed
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1200 MHz
Boost Clock
753 MHz
3,000 million
Transistor count
1,170 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
Floating-point performance
388.8 gflops
CUDA cores
Up to 144
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
144
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Boost clock speed
753 MHz
3,000 million
Number of transistors
1,170 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M.

Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size
large
SLI options
+
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M can be seen in this section.

Memory type
DDR3\DDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M is the additional functionality.

3D Vision
+
CUDA
+
Optimus
+
3D Gaming
+
3D Blu-Ray
+
DirectX 11
DirectX 11

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 API
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
5.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Baffin

Cheaper ($78 vs $310)

More pipelines (1024 vs 144)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

2.98% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (35 Watt vs 80 W)

So, AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M .

AMD Baffin versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Baffin
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