NVIDIA GeForce 310M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 310M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M.

not rated
Place in performance rating
859
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Value for money (0-100)
6.48
GT2xx
Architecture
Fermi
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Code name
GF108
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Type
Laptop
10 January 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
$163
Price now
$283
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Value for money
0.05
N11M-GE1
GPU code name
N12P-GS
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 310M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
96
606 / 625 MHz
Core clock speed
672 MHz
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Transistor count
585 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
4.848
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
48.96 gflops
Floating-point performance
258.05 gflops
16
CUDA cores
96
73
Gigaflops
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16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
260 million
Number of transistors
585 million
14 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 310M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M.

GDDR3, DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
900 MHz
10.67 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 310M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M.

DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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+
HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
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3D Gaming
+
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3D Blu-Ray
+
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
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DirectCompute
+
8.0
Power management
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
12 API
3.3
OpenGL
4.5
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
4.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 310M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 310M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Cheaper ($163 vs $283)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

1.31% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (28.8 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 310M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M .

NVIDIA GeForce 310M versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.2 Out of 77 Hitesti Score
4.2 Out of 85 Hitesti Score