GeForce GT 555M vs GeForce 720M
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 555M |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce 720M |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 555M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 555M | | GeForce 720M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF116 (N12E-GE2-A1) | vs | GF117 (N14M-GE) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 238 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,170 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 144 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 625 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 555M | | GeForce 720M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 555M | | GeForce 720M | |
|---|
| TDP | 35 watts | vs | 33 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2012 | vs | 1 Apr 2013 |
GeForce GT 555M
2.70 GP/s
GeForce 720M
2.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 555M
16.20 GT/s
GeForce 720M
10.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 555M
28.80 GB/s
GeForce 720M
12.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 555M
388.80 GFLOPs
GeForce 720M
240.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better