NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 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 620M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 126 vs 88
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1032 vs 960
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1032 vs 960
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 August 2012 vs 5 January 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 126 vs 88
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1032 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1032 vs 960

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 258.05 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 437
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2149 vs 2108
  • Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.85 vs 4.233
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 195.796 vs 161.144
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.561 vs 0.519
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 9.109 vs 7.151
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.727 vs 16.605
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2210 vs 1595
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2701 vs 2392
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2210 vs 1595
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2701 vs 2392
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 258.05 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 vs 437
Geekbench - OpenCL 2149 vs 2108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.85 vs 4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.796 vs 161.144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.561 vs 0.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.109 vs 7.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.727 vs 16.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2210 vs 1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2701 vs 2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2210 vs 1595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2701 vs 2392

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
437
478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
126
88
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2108
2149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.233
4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
161.144
195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.519
0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.151
9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.605
16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1032
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1595
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1032
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1595
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2392
2701
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
PassMark - G3D Mark 437 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 126 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 2108 2149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.233 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 161.144 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.519 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.151 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.605 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1032 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1595 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2392 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1032 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1595 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2392 2701
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF108 GF108
Launch date 23 August 2012 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1505 1507
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 715 MHz
CUDA cores 96 96
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 96
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 million
Core clock speed 672 MHz
Texture fill rate 10.8 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized 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 clock speed 1800 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play