GeForce GT 555M vs GeForce GT 730

GeForce GT 555M
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 26 Mar 2012
GeForce GT 555M
GeForce GT 730
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2014
GeForce GT 730

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GT 730

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 555M

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 555M

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 555MGeForce GT 730
GPU NameGF116 (N12E-GE2-A1)vsGF108 (GF108-400-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size238 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors1,170 millionvs585 million
Shaders144vs96
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock675 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs16vs4
TMUs24vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 555MGeForce GT 730
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 555MGeForce GT 730
TDP35 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date26 Mar 2012vs18 Jun 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 555M
    2.70 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 555M
    16.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 555M
    28.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    28.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 555M
    388.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 730
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better