NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M is a graphics card released on January 5, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus, 28.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a 32 W board power rating. It scores 546 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.
Depth: 32 recorded fields, 4 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M scores 546 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 38.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,838), measured across 318 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 115.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M averages DirectX 9 15 fps, DirectX 10 3 fps, DirectX 11 5 fps and GPU Compute 228 ops/s, across 318 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 740 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2011-03-21. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M is based on the Fermi architecture and uses the GF108 GF106^2 graphics processor.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M is equipped with 1 GB of DDR3 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 28.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M has a board power rating of 32 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M was released on January 5, 2011.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M (Mobile).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M have?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M has 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 28.8 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M has a board power rating of 32 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M scores 546 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 38.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,838.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M use?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M released?
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M was released on January 5, 2011.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF106 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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