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: 479 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 479 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 53% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3307 vs 2155
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 3307 vs 2155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
479
106
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
88
35
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2155
3307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2210
1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2701
1774
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2210
1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2701
1774
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark 479 106
PassMark - G2D Mark 88 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 2155 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

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF108 GT216
Launch date 5 January 2011 3 March 2010
Place in performance rating 1507 1510
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

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

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
HybridPower
PCI-E 2.0