NVIDIA GeForce 610M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 610M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 610M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 113 vs 91
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2848 vs 2701
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2848 vs 2701
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 December 2011 vs 5 January 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 113 vs 91
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2848 vs 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2848 vs 2701

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
  • 2x better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 292
  • Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2171 vs 1396
  • Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.85 vs 2.747
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.796 vs 104.498
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.561 vs 0.27
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 9.109 vs 5.832
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.727 vs 9.69
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 960 vs 664
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1602
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 960 vs 664
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1602
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 96 vs 48
Floating-point performance 258.05 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 vs 292
Geekbench - OpenCL 2171 vs 1396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.85 vs 2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.796 vs 104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.561 vs 0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.109 vs 5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.727 vs 9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 960 vs 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2210 vs 1602
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 960 vs 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2210 vs 1602

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 610M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
292
478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
113
91
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1396
2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.747
4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
104.498
195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.27
0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.832
9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.69
16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
664
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1602
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2848
2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
664
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1602
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2848
2701
Name NVIDIA GeForce 610M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
PassMark - G3D Mark 292 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 113 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 1396 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.747 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 104.498 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.27 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.832 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.69 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 664 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1602 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2848 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 664 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1602 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2848 2701
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 610M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF108 GF108
Launch date 1 December 2011 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1535 1503
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Core clock speed 672 MHz 672 MHz
CUDA cores 48 96
Floating-point performance 129.02 gflops 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 million
Video decoders H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p
Texture fill rate 10.8 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 API 12 API
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 64bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s

Technologies

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