NVIDIA GeForce 820M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820M 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 820M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 490 vs 478
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 114 vs 91
  • Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2789 vs 2171
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 7.765 vs 4.85
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.686 vs 0.561
  • Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 14.257 vs 9.109
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 22.768 vs 16.727
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1195 vs 960
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2701
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1195 vs 960
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2701
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 March 2015 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 672 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 490 vs 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 114 vs 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 2789 vs 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.765 vs 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.686 vs 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.257 vs 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.768 vs 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1195 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1195 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 2701

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.796 vs 161.305
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1447
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1447
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 10.8 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 258.05 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.796 vs 161.305
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2210 vs 1447
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2210 vs 1447

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
490
478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
114
91
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2789
2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.765
4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
161.305
195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.686
0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.257
9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.768
16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1195
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1447
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1195
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1447
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
2701
Name NVIDIA GeForce 820M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
PassMark - G3D Mark 490 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 114 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 2789 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.765 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 161.305 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.686 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.257 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.768 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1195 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1447 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1195 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1447 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 2701
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 847 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 820M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK107 GF108
Launch date 21 March 2015 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1444 1503
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 672 MHz
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 96
Texture fill rate 10 GTexel / s 10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11