NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 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 GT 520M

• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

• Around 83% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 5.9 billion / sec
• 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
• 2x better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
• Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
• Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 286
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 91 vs 77
• Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2171 vs 1313
• Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.85 vs 3.237
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.796 vs 83.376
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.561 vs 0.26
• Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 9.109 vs 5.92
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.727 vs 4.992
• Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 960 vs 536
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1731
• Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2701 vs 2380
• Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 960 vs 536
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1731
• Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2701 vs 2380

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	286 478
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	77 91
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	1313 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3.237 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	83.376 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.26 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.92 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.992 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	536 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1731 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2380 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	536 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1731 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2380 2701

Compare specifications (specs)