NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

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 GT 540M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M.

859
Place in performance rating
1025
6.48
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
GT2xx
GF108
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
no data
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
15 June 2009 (12 years ago)
$283
Price now
$129
0.05
Value for money
0.01
N12P-GS
GPU code name
N10P-GS
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 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.

96
Pipelines
no data
672 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
no data
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
35 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
10.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
8.800
258.05 gflops
Floating-point performance
116.16 gflops
96
CUDA cores
48
no data
Gigaflops
174
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
585 million
Number of transistors
486 million
35 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
23 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-A (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
large
Laptop size
medium sized
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Bus support
PCI-E 2.0

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 GT 540M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR2, GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
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28.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 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 GT 540M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA
no data
Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
HDMI
+

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
no data
+
CUDA
+
+
Optimus
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
no data
+
DirectCompute
no data
no data
Power management
8.0

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 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. 

12 API
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.5
OpenGL
2.1
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
5.1
Shader Model
4.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 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 GT 540M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
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 GT 540M

1.53% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (28.8 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

Cheaper ($129 vs $283)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.2 Out of 86 Hitesti Score
3.6 Out of 25 Hitesti Score