NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M 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 525M

  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 94 vs 91
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 5.099 vs 4.85
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 94 vs 91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.099 vs 4.85

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 456
  • Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2171 vs 1837
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.796 vs 131.334
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.561 vs 0.355
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 9.109 vs 6.733
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.727 vs 8.015
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 960 vs 911
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1338
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2701 vs 2623
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 960 vs 911
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1338
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2701 vs 2623
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 672 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 10.8 billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec
Floating-point performance 258.05 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 vs 456
Geekbench - OpenCL 2171 vs 1837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.796 vs 131.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.561 vs 0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.109 vs 6.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.727 vs 8.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 960 vs 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2210 vs 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2701 vs 2623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 960 vs 911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2210 vs 1338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2701 vs 2623

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
456
478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
94
91
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1837
2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.099
4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
131.334
195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.355
0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.733
9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.015
16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
911
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1338
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2623
2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
911
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1338
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2623
2701
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
PassMark - G3D Mark 456 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 94 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 1837 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.099 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 131.334 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.355 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.733 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.015 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 911 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1338 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2623 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 911 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1338 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2623 2701
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF108 GF108
Launch date 5 January 2011 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1546 1503
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 672 MHz
CUDA cores 96 96
Floating-point performance 230.4 gflops 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 96
Texture fill rate 9.6 billion / sec 10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized 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 bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

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