NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 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

  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.85 vs 4.651
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1790
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2701 vs 1352
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1790
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2701 vs 1352
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.85 vs 4.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2210 vs 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2701 vs 1352
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2210 vs 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2701 vs 1352

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 740 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 11.8 billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 284.16 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 568 vs 478
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 116 vs 88
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2351 vs 2149
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 213.211 vs 195.796
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.624 vs 0.561
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.521 vs 9.109
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.978 vs 16.727
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1056 vs 960
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1056 vs 960
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 740 MHz vs 672 MHz
Texture fill rate 11.8 billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec
Floating-point performance 284.16 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 568 vs 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 116 vs 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 2351 vs 2149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 213.211 vs 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.624 vs 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.521 vs 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.978 vs 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1056 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1056 vs 960

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
478
568
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
88
116
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2149
2351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.85
4.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
195.796
213.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.561
0.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.109
10.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.727
23.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
960
1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2210
1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2701
1352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
960
1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2210
1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2701
1352
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 568
PassMark - G2D Mark 88 116
Geekbench - OpenCL 2149 2351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.85 4.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.796 213.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.561 0.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.109 10.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.727 23.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 960 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2210 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2701 1352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 960 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2210 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2701 1352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF108 GF108
Launch date 5 January 2011 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1507 1508
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 672 MHz 740 MHz
CUDA cores 96 96
Floating-point performance 258.05 gflops 284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 96
Texture fill rate 10.8 billion / sec 11.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 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 large

API support

DirectX 12 API 12 API
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 900 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 DirectX 11
Optimus