NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M videocard review

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

38436

478

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

342287

2154

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

98.472 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

3080.809 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

21090

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	478
PassMark - G2D Mark	90
Geekbench - OpenCL	2154
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

1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
2. Battlefield 3 (2011)
3. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)
4. StarCraft 2 (2010)
5. Metro 2033 (2010)
6. GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
7. Left 4 Dead (2008)
8. Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

9. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
10. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
11. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
12. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
13. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
14. World of Warcraft (2005)
15. Doom 3 (2004)
16. Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	41.15
Medium, 1366x768	28.45
High, 1366x768	19.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.00

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	35.75
Medium, 1366x768	23.35
High, 1366x768	17.80

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768	82.80
High, 1366x768	37.40

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	179.60
Medium, 1360x768	50.20
High, 1360x768	34.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	50.70
Medium, 1360x768	34.92
High, 1600x900	16.15
Ultra, 1920x1080	5.20

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x600	64.40
Medium, 1024x768	55.33
High, 1280x1024	28.84

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Low, 640x480	151.70
High, 1024x768	107.60

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480	184.00
High, 1024x768	62.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	26.30

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600	204.75
Medium, 1024x768	101.20
High, 1280x1024	59.25

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x768	51.20
Medium, 1024x768	39.60
High, 1024x768	38.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	20.60

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	109.00
Medium, 1024x768	53.55
High, 1024x768	29.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	6.90

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600	145.00
Medium, 1024x768	33.00
High, 1024x768	35.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	15.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

185.80

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600	113.20
Medium, 1024x768	66.10
High, 1280x1024	45.10

Doom 3 (2004)

Ultra, 1024x768

153.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

410.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi
Code name	GF108
Launch date	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1500
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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M videocard review

Benchmarks

Games performance

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Metro 2033 (2010)

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

World of Warcraft (2005)

Doom 3 (2004)

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Technical info

Video outputs and ports

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

API support

Memory

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