NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 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 4 month(s) later
• Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 6.0 billion / sec
• Around 34% better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 192 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
• Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
• Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 479 vs 397
• Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2155 vs 1583
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.85 vs 4.329
• Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.796 vs 162.162
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.561 vs 0.426
• Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.727 vs 12.306
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 960 vs 737
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1731
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 960 vs 737
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1731

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

• Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 672 MHz
• Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 88
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2906 vs 2701
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2906 vs 2701

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	479 397
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	88 89
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2155 1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.85 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	195.796 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.561 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	16.727 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	960 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2210 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2701 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	960 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2210 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2701 2906

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