NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 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 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 22% higher core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 550 MHz
- 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 2x 8
- 5.8x better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 40 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
- 4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 121
- 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2701 vs 658
- 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2701 vs 658
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 January 2011 vs 20 January 2009 |
| Core clock speed | 672 MHz vs 550 MHz |
| Pipelines | 96 vs 2x 8 |
| Floating-point performance | 258.05 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 40 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 478 vs 121 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2701 vs 658 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2701 vs 658 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
- 2.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec
- Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
- Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 90
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 120 vs 90 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 478 | 121 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 90 | 120 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2154 | |
| 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 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2701 | 658 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 960 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2210 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2701 | 658 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla |
| Code name | GF108 | G98 |
| Launch date | 5 January 2011 | 20 January 2009 |
| Place in performance rating | 1500 | 1502 |
| Type | Laptop | Workstation |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $131.43 | |
| Price now | $80.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 1.61 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 672 MHz | 550 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 96 | |
| Floating-point performance | 258.05 gflops | 2x 22.4 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Pipelines | 96 | 2x 8 |
| Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion / sec | 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 210 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 1.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 10.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2x 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB / s | 2x 11.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2x 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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