AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6540G2

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6540G2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
15x more pipelines: 480 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	14 June 2011 vs 4 June 2008
Pipelines	480 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1140 vs 802
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1140 vs 802
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1679 vs 1597
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1679 vs 1597

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1140 vs 802
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1140 vs 802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1679 vs 1597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1679 vs 1597

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6540G2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

802

1140

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

802

1140

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1597

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1597

1679

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6540G2	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	802	1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	802	1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1597	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1597	1679
PassMark - G3D Mark		140
PassMark - G2D Mark		28

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6540G2	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	Tesla
Launch date	14 June 2011	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1529	1531
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Code name		G96
Technical info
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	480	32
Core clock speed		120 MHz
CUDA cores		32
Floating-point performance		80 gflops
Texture fill rate		8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Transistor count		314 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface		MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR2, GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0