NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M 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 10 month(s) later
- Around 34% higher core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 500 MHz
- Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
- 4x more pipelines: 96 vs 24
- 3.2x better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 80 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 106
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 35
- Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1458
- Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2701 vs 1774
- Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1458
- Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2701 vs 1774
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 January 2011 vs 3 March 2010 |
| Core clock speed | 672 MHz vs 500 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 96 vs 24 |
| Floating-point performance | 258.05 gflops vs 80 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 478 vs 106 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 88 vs 35 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2210 vs 1458 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2701 vs 1774 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2210 vs 1458 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2701 vs 1774 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
- Around 76% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 900 MHz
- Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3307 vs 2149
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt vs 35 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 1580 MHz vs 900 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 3307 vs 2149 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 478 | 106 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 88 | 35 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2149 | 3307 |
| 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 | 1458 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2701 | 1774 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 960 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2210 | 1458 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2701 | 1774 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla 2.0 |
| Code name | GF108 | GT216 |
| Launch date | 5 January 2011 | 3 March 2010 |
| Place in performance rating | 1507 | 1509 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
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| Core clock speed | 672 MHz | 500 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 96 | |
| Floating-point performance | 258.05 gflops | 80 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 96 | 24 |
| Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion / sec | 8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 14 Watt |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 486 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | medium sized |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 10.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB / s | 25.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1580 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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