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: 2153 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
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 5 January 2011 vs 3 September 2010 |
Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion / sec vs 6.0 billion / sec |
Floating-point performance | 258.05 gflops vs 192 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 900 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 479 vs 397 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 2153 vs 1583 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 4.85 vs 4.329 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 195.796 vs 162.162 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.561 vs 0.426 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 16.727 vs 12.306 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 960 vs 737 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2210 vs 1731 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 960 vs 737 |
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
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 672 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt vs 35 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 89 vs 88 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2906 vs 2701 |
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 |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 479 | 397 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 88 | 89 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 2153 | 1583 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 4.85 | 4.329 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 195.796 | 162.162 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.561 | 0.426 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 9.109 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 16.727 | 12.306 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 960 | 737 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2210 | 1731 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2701 | 2906 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 960 | 737 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2210 | 1731 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2701 | 2906 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fermi | Fermi |
Code name | GF108 | GF108 |
Launch date | 5 January 2011 | 3 September 2010 |
Place in performance rating | 1507 | 1509 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 672 MHz | 1000 MHz |
CUDA cores | 96 | 96 |
Floating-point performance | 258.05 gflops | 192 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 96 | 96 |
Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion / sec | 6.0 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 23 Watt |
Transistor count | 585 million | 585 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 |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 API | 12 API |
OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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 | 800 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | (G)DDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
Optimus |