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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 is a graphics card released on May 14, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 288 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus, 91.9 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 736 MHz and a 150 W board power rating. It scores 1,602 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

FermiGF114-200-KB-A1

9/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 39 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

288cores

Memory

1 GB

GDDR5 · 192-bit

Boost clock

n/a

736 MHz base

Board power

150 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 scores 1,602 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 62.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,145), measured across 166 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 446.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,602

Rank #1,145
Faster than 62.2% of 2,658 GPUs
166 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 43 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 54.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 42.3% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 12 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 36.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 8.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 884 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 43.6% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 averages DirectX 9 43 fps, DirectX 10 7 fps, DirectX 11 12 fps, DirectX 12 4 fps and GPU Compute 884 ops/s, across 166 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 736 MHz

Memory clock 3828 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 150 W

First benchmarked 2012-02-18

Samples 166

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 736 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-02-18. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename GF114-200-KB-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 1,950 M

Die size 332 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 is based on the Fermi architecture, uses the GF114-200-KB-A1 graphics processor, contains 1,950 million transistors and has a die size of 332 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 288

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 48

Render output units (ROPs) 24

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 has 288 shading units, 48 texture mapping units and 24 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555.

Clock speeds

Base clock 736 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 runs at a base clock of 736 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 192-bit

Bandwidth 91.9 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 192-bit memory bus and delivers 91.9 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 has a board power rating of 150 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 150 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched May 14, 2011

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 500 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 was released on May 14, 2011.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,602

PassMark G2D 446

Rank #1,145

Samples 166

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.5 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 has 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 192-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 91.9 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 has a board power rating of 150 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 scores 1,602 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 62.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,145. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 4 fps.