NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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 540M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 454
- Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 91 vs 56
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 January 2011 vs 21 July 2008 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 105 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 478 vs 454 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 91 vs 56 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
- 2.2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 672 MHz
- 3.1x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec
- Around 17% higher pipelines: 112 vs 96
- Around 30% better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2845 vs 2210
- Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 2701
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2845 vs 2210
- Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 2701
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 672 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 33.6 billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 112 vs 96 |
| Floating-point performance | 336.0 gflops vs 258.05 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2845 vs 2210 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3304 vs 2701 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2845 vs 2210 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3304 vs 2701 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 478 | 454 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 91 | 56 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2171 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 4.85 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 195.796 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.561 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 9.109 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 16.727 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 960 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2210 | 2845 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2701 | 3304 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 960 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2210 | 2845 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2701 | 3304 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla |
| Code name | GF108 | G92 |
| Launch date | 5 January 2011 | 21 July 2008 |
| Place in performance rating | 1503 | 1063 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $160 | |
| Price now | $103.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 8.86 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 672 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 96 | 112 |
| Floating-point performance | 258.05 gflops | 336.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Pipelines | 96 | 112 |
| Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion / sec | 33.6 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 105 Watt |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 754 million |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI |
| Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Length | 9" (22.9 cm) | |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 10.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB / s | 57.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| DirectCompute | ||
| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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