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 |
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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 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | large |
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 | 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 |
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DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
Optimus |