NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920M 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 920M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • Around 15% better floating-point performance: 297.6 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 716 vs 478
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 91
  • Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3722 vs 2171
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.358 vs 4.85
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.843 vs 0.561
  • Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 15.374 vs 9.109
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 40.443 vs 16.727
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1598 vs 960
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3636 vs 2210
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2701
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1598 vs 960
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3636 vs 2210
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2701
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 672 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 716 vs 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 vs 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 3722 vs 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.358 vs 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.843 vs 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.374 vs 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.443 vs 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636 vs 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636 vs 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2701

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.796 vs 157.606
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.796 vs 157.606

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
716
478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
91
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.358
4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
157.606
195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.843
0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.374
9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.443
16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2701
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
PassMark - G3D Mark 716 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 3722 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.358 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.606 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.843 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.374 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.443 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2701
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Fermi
Code name GK208B GF108
Launch date 13 March 2015 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1297 1503
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 672 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 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 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

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