AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M 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 GT 130M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6540G2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 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 8 January 2009
Pipelines	480 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2744 vs 1597
Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2744 vs 1597

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2744 vs 1597
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2744 vs 1597

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6540G2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1597

2744

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1597

2744

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6540G2	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	802
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1597	2744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1597	2744
PassMark - G3D Mark		145
PassMark - G2D Mark		29

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6540G2	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	Tesla
Launch date	14 June 2011	8 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1528	1530
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Code name		G96
Technical info
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	480	32
Core clock speed		1500 MHz
CUDA cores		32
Floating-point performance		96 gflops
Gigaflops		144
Texture fill rate		9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Transistor count		314 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		16 (DDR2) / 25 (GDDR3)
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 (DDR2) / 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory type		GDDR2, GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		Single Link DVIDisplayPortVGAHDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0