NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

GeForce GT 540M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 5 January 2011. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF108.

Core clock speed - 672 MHz. Texture fill rate - 10.8 billion / sec. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 258.05 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 585 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 900 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 28.8 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
479
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
88
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
2153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
4.850 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
195.796 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.561 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
9.109 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
16.727 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
960 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2210 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2701 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
960.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2210.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2701.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 479
PassMark - G2D Mark 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 2153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 4.850 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 195.796 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.561 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 9.109 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 16.727 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 960 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2210 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2701 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 960.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2210.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2701.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72041.15
Medium, 1366x76828.45
High, 1366x76819.00
Ultra, 1920x108012.00

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76835.75
Medium, 1366x76823.35
High, 1366x76817.80

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x76882.80
High, 1366x76837.40

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768179.60
Medium, 1360x76850.20
High, 1360x76834.90
Ultra, 1920x108018.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x60050.70
Medium, 1360x76834.92
High, 1600x90016.15
Ultra, 1920x10805.20

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x60064.40
Medium, 1024x76855.33
High, 1280x102428.84

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Low, 640x480151.70
High, 1024x768107.60

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480184.00
High, 1024x76862.30
Ultra, 1920x108026.30

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600204.75
Medium, 1024x768101.20
High, 1280x102459.25

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x76851.20
Medium, 1024x76839.60
High, 1024x76838.60
Ultra, 1920x108020.60

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768109.00
Medium, 1024x76853.55
High, 1024x76829.80
Ultra, 1920x10806.90

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600145.00
Medium, 1024x76833.00
High, 1024x76835.00
Ultra, 1920x108015.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768185.80

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600113.20
Medium, 1024x76866.10
High, 1280x102445.10

Doom 3 (2004)

Ultra, 1024x768153.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768410.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF108
Launch date 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1507
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 672 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus