NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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 GTX 650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 57% higher core clock speed: 1058 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • 3.1x more texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 3.1x better floating-point performance: 812.5 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1749 vs 478
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 91
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4493 vs 2171
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.582 vs 4.85
  • Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 364.463 vs 195.796
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.254 vs 0.561
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.386 vs 9.109
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.499 vs 16.727
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2663 vs 960
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3478 vs 2210
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3332 vs 2701
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2663 vs 960
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3478 vs 2210
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3332 vs 2701
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 November 2013 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed 1058 MHz vs 672 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops vs 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1749 vs 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 368 vs 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 4493 vs 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.582 vs 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.463 vs 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.254 vs 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.386 vs 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.499 vs 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2663 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478 vs 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 vs 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2663 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478 vs 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 vs 2701

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

  • Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 64 Watt
  • 180x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 64 Watt
Memory clock speed 900 MHz vs 5.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1749
478
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
368
91
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4493
2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.582
4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
364.463
195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.254
0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.386
9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23.499
16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2663
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3478
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2663
960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3478
2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3332
2701
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1749 478
PassMark - G2D Mark 368 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 4493 2171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.582 4.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 364.463 195.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.254 0.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.386 9.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.499 16.727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2663 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3478 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2663 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3478 2210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 2701
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 545 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK106 GF108
Launch date 27 November 2013 5 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating 1003 1503
Price now $144.81
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 1058 MHz 672 MHz
CUDA cores 384 96
Floating-point performance 812.5 gflops 258.05 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Texture fill rate 33.9 billion / sec 10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 2,540 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.38" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Length 5.70" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.3 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128-bit GDDR5 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5.0 GB/s 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus